Introductory

Castles in the Air

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03/15/1975 • Leonard E. Read

In Castles in the Air, Leonard Read discusses the idealistic foundations of the United States and how those foundations are crumbling right before the eyes of the people. Read addresses topics such as social order, the tendency for individuals...

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Free Market Economics: A Syllabus

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Free Markets

01/01/1975 • Bettina Bien Greaves

This is a complete economics education for high-school age students. It provides lessons, study questions, activities, and an excellent list of readings for each topic under consideration. Bettina chose well because the readings all hold up...

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Having My Way

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04/11/1974 • Leonard E. Read

Who are we as individuals? How does a possible Creator or Source fit into the subject of human liberty? Leonard E. Read delves into these topics that have been pondered about throughout the centuries. Together with quotes from timeless authors...

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Anatomy of the State

Tags: Featured, Introductory, Mises U Required Readings

01/01/1974 • Murray N. Rothbard

Murray Rothbard was known as the state’s greatest living enemy, and this is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic.

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For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto

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07/20/1973 • Murray N. Rothbard

Book Club Discussion Guide In For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto , Rothbard proposes a once-and-for-all escape from the two major political parties, the ideologies they embrace, and their central plans for using state power against...

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Who’s Listening?

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Education

05/15/1973 • Leonard E. Read

Listening to the truth always has fortunate results. What does my listening reveal? That learning the truth or spreading wisdom—education—is now and forever an in-taking, never an out-bursting procedure. It may be possible for me to see your...

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Talking To Myself

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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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Limits of State Action

Tags: Introductory, Big Government

09/01/1969 • Wilhelm von Humboldt

The Limits of State Action, by “Germany’s greatest philosopher of freedom,” as F. A. Hayek called him, has an exuberance and attention to principle that make it a valuable introduction to liberal political thought. It is also crucial for an...

The Coming Aristocracy

Tags: Introductory, Booms and Busts

05/15/1969 • Leonard E. Read

The motivation that drives man toward excellence comes from within. The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, gives us the clue: “Man is on earth as in an egg. Now, you can’t go on being a good egg forever; you must either hatch or rot.” The oncoming...

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The Decline of American Liberalism

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06/01/1967 • Arthur A. Ekirch Jr.

One of the most striking facts about American history is how in a country born in old-style liberalism, the meaning of liberalism would not only change but be completely upended: liberalism now means its opposite. In this massively important...