Books

Social Economics

06/15/1927 • Friedrich von Wieser

Friedrich von Wieser’s Social Economics holds a place in the literature of the Austrian School such as John Stuart Mill’s Political Economy holds in the literature of classical theory. It sums up, systematizes, and extends the doctrines...

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Socialism and International Economic Order

Tags: Global Economy

06/15/1969 • Elizabeth Tamedly

This extraordinary book by Elisabeth Tamedly, as scholarly as it is passionate, argues that socialism, despite its internationalist aspirations, is not capable of accomplishing stable international peace and order. If we postulate a true...

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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis

06/15/1951 • Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises’s Socialism is the most important critical examination of socialism ever written. Socialism is most famous for Mises’s penetrating economic calculation argument. The book contains much more however. Mises not only shows the...

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Society Without Coercion

Tags: Legal System

07/10/1969 • Jarret B. Wollstein

Since time immemorial men have sought the ideal of a peaceful, prosperous and just society; a society in which they could be free to produce and act without the fear of force being initiated against them by their neighbors. Many sincere and...

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Songs of the Mises-Kreis (Complete Collection)

Tags: Media and Culture

08/18/2010 • Mises Institute

Here is the book that allows you to sing like Mises and the gang, with all verses for the songs we’ve been able to reconstruct, and complete piano accompaniments. From 1920 until 1934, Ludwig von Mises conducted a fortnightly private seminar in...

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Speaking of Liberty

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Free Markets

12/15/2003 • Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Mises said that teaching the public was just as important as addressing scholars — maybe more so.That is what Lew Rockwell specializes in: history and theory and analysis in defense of the free society, written in clear prose to reach a broad...

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Stock Market, Credit, and Capital Formation, The

Tags: Financial Markets

07/20/1940 • Fritz Machlup

Economist Fritz Machlup was an early Misesian who wrote this book as an early study in the workings of the business cycle. In particular, he investigates and explains the relationship between expanding credit, monetary policy, and rising stock...

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Strictly Confidential: The Private Volker Fund Memos of Murray N. Rothbard

Tags: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

08/19/2010 • Murray N. Rothbard • David Gordon

Murray Rothbard is widely known for his vast literary output, but a great deal of his work has never been published until now. During the late 1950s and early 60s he worked for the William Volker Fund, one of the few organizations willing to...

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Strictly Confidential: The Private Volker Fund Memos of Murray N. Rothbard

Tags: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

08/19/2010 • Murray N. Rothbard • David Gordon

Murray Rothbard is widely known for his vast literary output, but a great deal of his work has never been published until now. During the late 1950s and early 60s he worked for the William Volker Fund, one of the few organizations willing to...

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Students of Liberty

Tags: Introductory, Education

06/16/1950 • Leonard E. Read

Most of us do not like to act in areas where we are confused. To do so might cause more harm than good. The question is: Is there some common fault which serves as the root of all these ills, a fault that can be defined and for which treatment...

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Studies in Economic Nationalism

Tags: Big Government, Global Economy, World History

01/28/1960 • Michael A. Heilperin

This work by Michael Heilperin, a giant in the area of monetary economics, might be one of the most rare - and unique - in the history of 20th century economic thought. It is one of the few books written during the mid-century period of hyper...

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Studies in the Theory of International Trade

Tags: Global Economy, World History

06/15/1955 • Jacob Viner

From the author: In this book I first endeavor to trace, in a series of studies of the contemporary source-material, the evolution of the modern “orthodox” theory of international trade, from its beginnings in the revolt against English...

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Study Guide to Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Education

12/10/2008 • Robert P. Murphy

This is the first-ever Human Action Study Guide, and congratulations to Robert Murphy for being the only person in 60 years to complete this much-needed task that has been attempted many times before. This Guide is 380 pages, complete with...

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Study Guide to Man, Economy, and State

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Education

06/15/2006 • Robert P. Murphy

The prose of Man, Economy, and State by Murray Rothbard is as clear as a bell. But, its sheer size (1441 pages!) is intimidating. After all, Rothbard systematically covers the whole of economic science. Fortunately, the young and brilliant...

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Study Guide to The Theory of Money and Credit

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Money and Banks

07/23/2011 • Robert P. Murphy

Consider the timing of this wonderful study guide to the best book ever written on money and credit. The book itself was written 100 years ago. The world economy is in the throes of another financial and debt crisis. Keynesianism has completely...

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Suicide Pact:The Radical Expansion of Presidential Powers and the Lethal Threat to American Liberty

Tags: U.S. History

07/18/2016 • Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

In Suicide Pact, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano details a long, sordid history of governmental—and especially presidential—encroachments on liberty, enacted in the name of protecting America but which serve instead to undermine national security and...

Taking Back Our Money

Tags: The Fed, Money and Banks

06/24/2024 • Murray N. Rothbard

Foreword We do not need a technocratic elite to manage the supply of money. In these three short articles, Murray N. Rothbard removes the Federal Reserve’s veil of scientific mystique to reveal a wholly unnecessary and malignant system. Rothbard...

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Talking To Myself

Tags: Introductory

10/15/1970 • Leonard E. Read

Individual emergence is not and never will be accomplished by imposition. Not one of the tactics effective in destructive programs is useful here; indeed, these out-going, reforming efforts do more harm than good. It is difficult enough for...

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TANSTAAFL: A Libertarian Perspective on Environmental Policy

Tags: The Environment

01/11/2016 • Edwin G. Dolan

In its most basic application, the TANSTAAFL principle is a simple statement of reality: everything of value has a cost. The TANSTAAFL principle can also be interpreted as a mandate for a policy of full-cost pricing. In a world where resources...

Tariff History of the United States

Tags: Taxes and Spending, U.S. Economy, U.S. History

06/15/1890 • F.W. Taussig

The Mises Institute has completely re-typeset F.W. Taussig’s definitive work on the tariffs of the 19th century in the United States, a history that in some sense is the most important ever written because it was so decisive in leading to the...

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