Political Theory

The vast majority of people who have learned anything about economics have relied on Bastiat or publications that were influenced by his work. This collection — possibly more than anything ever written about economics — is the antidote for economic illiteracy regarding such things as the inadvisability of tariffs and price controls, and everyone from the novice to the PhD economist will benefit from reading it.

From Rothbard’s August 11, 1984 letter to Tony Flood:

It appears that the Appalachians are about to move again. Earthquakes? Shifts in tectonic plates? Not this time.

The following is an edited version of my recent post on a libertarian discussion list.

Economists are everywhere.

Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Recorded at Mises University 2007.

Recorded at Mises University 2007.

Recorded at Mises University 2007.