Introductory

Against Leviathan

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Media and Culture

01/11/2016 • Robert Higgs

What is fundamentally wrong with government today? In Against Leviathan, economist and historian, Robert Higgs, offers an unflinching critical analysis of government power in all its aspects: welfare, warfare, regulation, spying, and its...

Commerce, Culture, and Liberty: Readings on Capitalism before Adam Smith

Tags: Introductory, World History

01/11/2016 • Henry C. Clark

This volume has collected the best of the best of early economic thought, and thereby has rooted economics in the broadest range of history dating back centuries before the Industrial Revolution. Represented here are: William Walwyn, Pieter de...

The Ethics of Redistribution

Tags: Introductory

01/11/2016 • Bertrand de Jouvenel

After many years of being out of print, this classic treatise from the brilliant political philosopher De Jouvenel (1952) provides an answer to a critical question: what is morally wrong with the idea of political management of incomes? Nearly...

Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Media and Culture, U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

01/11/2016 • Robert Higgs

At least since World War I, Austrians have pointed to the relationship between warmongering and the decline of economic liberty. In our times, Robert Higgs is the most articulate and learned upholder of the position that free markets require...

Energy: The Master Resource

Tags: Introductory, Media and Culture

01/11/2016 • Robert L. Bradley Jr. • Richard W. Fulmer

Robert Bradley, a leading free market energy economist, has in collaboration with Richard Fulmer put together an outstanding book that covers the huge subject of energy, beginning with answers to the most fundamental questions (What is energy...

The Church and the Market

Tags: Introductory, Media and Culture

01/11/2016 • Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

In fact, Thomas Woods’s book on Catholic social teaching surpasses any other book ever published in this genre. Rather than merely recount what has been said, he subjects the corpus to a relentless examination, highlighting contradictions and...

How Capitalism Saved America

Tags: Introductory, Media and Culture, U.S. Economy, U.S. History

01/11/2016 • Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Thomas DiLorenzo has a marvelous analytical talent and a knack for drawing the reader’s attention to the material that matters. His new book employs this talent in defense of the whole history of free enterprise in America. How long have we...

Is the Auto Loan Bubble Ready to Pop?

Tags: Money and Banking, Booms and Busts, Media and Culture

01/11/2016 • Tommy Behnke

The housing bubble has been replaced by a number of new bubbles. Among them is the auto loan bubble. Car loans now last longer than ever and are going to more people with bad credit. This might not end well.

The Big Short

Tags: Booms and Busts, Corporate Welfare, The Fed, Financial Markets, Media and Culture

01/09/2016 • Mark Thornton

The Big Short is a pretty good movie, but there are a few things it leaves out.

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

Tags: Introductory, Booms and Busts, Money and Banks, World History

01/08/2016 • Richard J. Maybury

It’s true that economic theory is a subject for adults — you don’t want to assign Human Action to an 11-year old — but kids can be taught plenty too. They don’t need details about epistemology or exchange rates. But by enticing them into the...