"There is no question of importance, whose decision is not compriz'd in the science of man; and there is none, which can be decided with any certainty, before we become acquainted with that science." ---David Hume
Monday, October 19, 2009
Value Theory Reading List
An Introduction to Value Theory by F.A. Harper.
Economic Fundamentals Reading List
Man, Economy, and State; Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Human Action by Murray N. Rothbard
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Article Recommendations
Current Events
The Health Czar Can't Calculate
Why Obamacare Can't Work: The Calculation Argument
Global Warming is a Fraud: Best essay I've read yet on global warming.
Ethics
Ought Presupposes Can by Steve Horwitz
History
John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
By Murray Rothbard...
The Essential Library
The following are the books which have been the most formative for my worldview.
Human Nature
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature
Charles Darwin: Origin of the Species
Economics
Carl Menger: Principles of Economics
Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk: Capital and Interest
Ludwig von Mises: The Theory of Money and Credit | Human Action
Friedrich von Hayek: Prices and Production
Murray Rothbard: Man, Economy, and State
Ethics & Political Philosophy
Murray Rothbard: The Ethics of Liberty | For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Frederic Bastiat: The Law
Lysander Spooner: No Treason
Estienne De La Boetie: Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
John Locke: Second Treatise of Civil Government
History
Jean Gimpel: Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages (Amazon.com)
Richard Rubenstein: Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages (Amazon.com)