This Book is So Me
This was the first book on economics that just jumped out and grabbed me. I had read a few before, but they were boring. Very boring.
Biographies
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The Founding Father of Crony Capitalism
Hamiltonian mercantilism is essentially the economic and political system that Americans have lived under for several generations now.
Hayek’s Legacy
I congratulate the Ludwig von Mises Institute for bringing back into print Hayek's writings on business cycles.
Hayek on the Business Cycle
Many laboring in the thriving cottage industry of Hayek biographers, critics and interpreters have commented on the transition from a "Hayek I" to a "Hayek II" that began in the late 1930s, portraying it as almost wholly an intellectual re-orientation and change in research interests. Few, if any, have recognized the radical alteration in analytical procedure and rhetorical style that characterized this transformation.
Vindicating Lincoln: Defending the Politics of Our Greatest President, by Thomas L. Krannawitter
When I reached page 222 of Vindicating Lincoln, I almost threw the book across the room. There I read, "First, the latest iterations of European philosophy during the antebellum period
Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians
Burton Blumert was an entrepreneur who knew not only all that there is to know about precious metals but also about politics and economics. He offers his wide-ranging insights in this funny, charming, and also learned collection of essays from...
Unsanctioned Voice
What a fascinating life Garet Garrett lived! Journalist, novelist, anti-New Deal writer, and then prophet of decline in the 1950s, no one’s prose and thought combined to create such a rich combination of toughness and insight. He was a great...
What Belongs to Caesar?
Men have, in other words, a right to secede from a state they deem immoral, for whatever reasons.
The Life and Work of Ludwig von Mises
The Frederick L. Maier Lecture, recorded at Mises University 2008.
