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Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays

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01/01/1974 • Murray N. Rothbard

Egalitarianism as a Revolt against Nature, and Other Essays is vital reading for anyone interested in the thought of Murray Rothbard. The book is his comprehensive effort to present libertarianism as a “science of liberty.” In order to grasp...

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The Conquest of Poverty

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01/01/1973 • Henry Hazlitt

Long before Charles Murray took on the topic, Henry Hazlitt wrote an outstanding book on poverty that not only provided an empirical examination of the problem but also presented a rigorous theory for understanding the relationship between...

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The Free Market Society

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02/21/1970 • Ludwig von Mises

Division of labor and an exchange economy are the basis of society. Various commodities competed for being money, but gold prevailed as the medium of exchange, without any interference by governmental authorities. We should have again a gold standard all over the world.

The Political Economy of William Graham Sumner: A Study in the History of Free-Enterprise Ideas

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07/20/1966 • Dominick Armentano

From the author: The following is a study in the history of free enterprise ideas. Specifically it presents the political economy of William Graham Sumner, highlighting the ideas and analysis that mark his contribution to economic thought, and...

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The Roots of Capitalism

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12/16/1965 • John Chamberlain

Capitalism is a system that can stand on its own attainments, writes John Chamberlain, and he offers here a fast-paced, provocative look at the intellectual forces and practical accomplishments that have created American capitalism. He begins at...

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The Free Market and Its Enemy

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07/15/1965 • Leonard E. Read

Read explores “the miraculous workings of tiny creativities, the ultimate constituents of the free market, that institution on which depend all liberties, and thus man’s emergence. And [the] State must have its perversions diagnosed if we are...

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Anything That’s Peaceful: The Case for the Free Market

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09/15/1964 • Leonard E. Read

Leonard Read was a great spokesman for liberty, and an excellent teacher in the second half of the 20th century. Everyone agrees that this is his most inspired collection. It includes the essay later called “I, Pencil,” which is a masterful...

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Economics of the Free Society

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05/31/1963 • Wilhelm Röpke

One year before the Nazi takeover of Austria, and after Mises had already accepted a research position in Geneva, a remarkable book began to circulate in what remained of Vienna’s intellectual circles. It was Die Lehre von der Wirtschaft, The...

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Planning for Freedom; and Twelve other Essays and Addresses

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05/15/1962 • Ludwig von Mises

An enduring collection of Mises’s essays, some popular and others scholarly, but always engaging and provocative. The first edition came out in 1952, and headlined the essay “Planning for Freedom,” which makes the point that the choice isn’t...

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Liberty and Property

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10/15/1958 • Ludwig von Mises

In 1958, the Mont Pelerin Society was entering a difficult period in which its intellectual lights were drifting away from liberalism of the old school. Ludwig von Mises used his speech that year to explain why this was a terrible trend. He didn...

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