Introduction to Economic Reasoning

03/12/2004 Mises Wire Mises.org

An Introduction to Economic Reasoning by David Gordon, now online (Auburn, Alabama: The Mises Institute, 2000). This is an excellent introduction to economic thinking designed for the intelligent high school student, available for purchase or fully downloadable from Mises.org. As the only text of its kind, it is engaging, funny, filled with examples, and never talks down to the student. Here is an image of the Turkish edition.

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