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  • The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
    by F. A. Hayek
    ISBN 0226320669 (0-226-32066-9)
    Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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    Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes."

    "The achievement of The Fatal Conceit is that it freshly shows why socialism must be refuted rather than merely dismissedthen refutes it again."David R. Henderson, Fortune.

    "Fascinating. . . . The energy and precision with which Mr. Hayek sweeps away his opposition is impressive."Edward H. Crane, Wall Street Journal

    F. A. Hayek is considered a pioneer in monetary theory, the preeminent proponent of the libertarian philosophy, and the ideological mentor of the Reagan and Thatcher "revolutions."
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  • Roche, George Charles: Free Markets, Free Men: Frederic Bastiat, 1801-1850
  • Butler, Eamonn: Hayek, His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time
  • Gray, John: Hayek on Liberty
  • Ebenstein, Alan: Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek
  • Spencer, Herbert: Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903
    Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903
    by Herbert Spencer
    ISBN 0029775906 (0-02-977590-6)
    Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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  • The Law
    by Frederic Bastiat
    ISBN 1419168878 (1-4191-6887-8)
    Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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    [Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.]

    [Read by Bernard Mayes]

    When a reviewer wishes to give special recognition to a book, he predicts that it will still be read ''a hundred years from now.'' The Law, first published as a pamphlet in June of 1850, is already more than a hundred years old. And because its truths are eternal, it will still be read when another century has passed.

    The Law is relevant today because the same situation exists in America now as in France of 1848. The same socialist-communist plans and ideas that were adopted in France are now sweeping America, notwithstanding the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. The explanation and arguments then advanced against socialism by Mr. Bastiat are, word for word, equally valid today. His ideas deserve a serious hearing. [via]

  • The Law
    by Claude Fred Bastiat
    ISBN 1425026230 (1-4250-2623-0)
    Softcover, ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited

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    ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.

    This book is based on the economic situation prevalent in 19th-century France. It is an in-depth analysis of the importance of liberty, law, economics and socialism. According to Bastiat, government redistribution of wealth and resources for equity leads to corruption in society. Hence, in order to provide people with more choices, government role should be minimized. Highly recommended!

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  • Law, Legislation And Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice And Political Economy
    by F. A. Hayek
    ISBN 0415098688 (0-415-09868-8)
    Softcover, Routledge

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    'A careful and brilliant statement of the conditions of human freedom. It is a major work of political and economic philosophy which sets terms that neither its friends or critics can ignore.' - THES [via]

  • Hayek, Friedrich August Von: Law, Legislation and Liberty: The Mirage of Social Justice
  • Hayek, F. A.: Law, Legislation and Liberty: The Political Order of a Free People
  • Dicey, Albert V.: LECTURES ON THE RELATION BETWEEN LAW AND PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  • Opitz, Edmund A.: Leviathan at War
    Leviathan at War
    by Edmund A. Opitz
    ISBN 1572460091 (1-57246-009-1)
    Softcover, Foundation for Economic Education

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  • Von Mises, Ludwig: Liberalism: A Socio-Economic Exposition
    Liberalism: A Socio-Economic Exposition
    by Ludwig Von Mises, Arthur Goddard
    ISBN 0836251067 (0-8362-5106-7)
    Hardcover, Sheed Andrews and McMeel

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  • Von Mises, Ludwig: Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
  • Spencer, Herbert: The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedom
  • Hayek, Friedrich A. Von: The Mirage of Social Justice
    The Mirage of Social Justice
    by Friedrich A. Von Hayek
    ISBN 071008403X (0-7100-8403-X)
    Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul

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  • Burton, John: The New Right Enlightenment: The Spectre That Haunts the Left  Essays by Young Writers
  • Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
    by Ludwig Von Mises
    ISBN 0910884153 (0-910884-15-3)
    Softcover, Libertarian Pr

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    Omnipotent Government is not only a history of the fall of Germany, but also a powerful critique of the political, social, and economic ideologies that have shaped Western history in the last two hundred years. The ordeal of two World Wars, according to Mises, was the inevitable result of ideologies that call upon government for the management of human affairs. People today hail every step toward more government as "progress," and call for more laws, regulations, and their enforcement by courts and police. They are yearning for Caesar. They forget the consequences of total government. Omnipotent Government is a potent reminder. [via]

  • Planned Chaos
    by Ludwig Von Mises
    ISBN 0910614008 (0-910614-00-8)
    Softcover, Foundation for Economic Education

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    An essay on the destruction of individual liberty by totalitarian ideologies. [via]

  • MacKay, Thomas: Plea for Liberty: An Argument Against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation
  • Flew, Antony: The Politics of Procrustes: Contradictions of Enforced Equality
  • Principles of Ethics
    by Herbert Spencer
    ISBN 0913966347 (0-913966-34-7)
    Softcover, Liberty Fund

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    Though almost forgotten today, Herbert Spencer ranks as one of the foremost individualist philosophers. His influence in the latter half of the nineteenth century was immense. Spencer's name is usually linked with Darwin's, for it was he who penned the phrase: survival of the fittest. Today in America he is most often admired for his trenchant essays in 'The Man Versus the State'. But Spencer himself considered THE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS to be his finest work. In the second volume, under 'Justice', is his final statement on the role of the state. His formula for justice is summed up in these words: "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." [via]

  • Bastiat, Frederic: Providence and Liberty
    Providence and Liberty
    by Frederic Bastiat
    ISBN 1880595001 (1-880595-00-1)
    Softcover, Acton Inst for the Study of

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  • Herbert, Auberon: Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State and Other Essays
  • Hayek, F. A.: The Road to Serfdom
    The Road to Serfdom
    by F. A. Hayek
    ISBN 1568493762 (1-56849-376-2)
    Hardcover, Buccaneer Books

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    An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist programThe Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

    First published by the University of Chicago Press on September 18, 1944, The Road to Serfdom garnered immediate, widespread attention. The first printing of 2,000 copies was exhausted instantly, and within six months more than 30,000 books were sold. In April 1945, Readers Digest published a condensed version of the book, and soon thereafter the Book-of-the-Month Club distributed this edition to more than 600,000 readers. A perennial best seller, the book has sold 400,000 copies in the United States alone and has been translated into more than twenty languages, along the way becoming one of the most important and influential books of the century.

    With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek.  The volume includes a foreword by series editor and leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought.  Caldwell has also standardized and corrected Hayek's references and added helpful new explanatory notes.  Supplemented with an appendix of related materials ranging from prepublication reports on the initial manuscript to forewords to earlier editions by John Chamberlain, Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Hayek's enduring masterwork.
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  • The Road to Serfdom: The Condensed Version As It Appeared in the April 1945 Edition of Reader's Digest
    by Friedrich A. Hayek, Edwin J. Feulner, John Blundell
    ISBN 0255365306 (0-255-36530-6)
    Softcover, Inst of Economic Affairs

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    In the last years of World War II, Friedrich Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom. He warned the allies that policy proposals which were being canvassed for the post-war world ran the risk of destroying the very freedom for which they were fighting. On the basis of 'as in war, so in peace', economists and others were arguing that the government should plan all economic activity. Such planning, Hayek argued, would be incompatible with liberty, and had been at the very heart of the movements that had established both communism and Nazism.

    On its publication in 1944, the book caused a sensation. Neither its British nor its American publisher could keep up with demand, owing to wartime paper rationing. Then, in 1945, Reader's Digest published The Road to Serfdom as the condensed book in its April edition. For the first and still the only time, the condensed book was placed at the front of the magazine instead of the back. Hayek found himself a celebrity, addressing a mass market.

    The condensed edition was republished for the first time by the IEA in 1999 and has been reissued to meet the continuing demand for its enduringly relevant and accessible message. [via]

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  • Von Mises, Ludwig: Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
  • Von Mises, Ludwig: Theory And History: An Interpretation Of Social And Economic Evolution
  • Sartori, Giovanni: Theory of Democracy Revisited
    Theory of Democracy Revisited
    by Giovanni Sartori
    ISBN 0934540470 (0-934540-47-0)
    Softcover, Chatham House Pub

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    This is part two of a two-volume set. "Democracy is, in part, a debate about what democracy is. With "The Theory of Democracy Revisted", Sartori offers an overview of classical and contemporary issues. All students of politics will find his arguments provocative, whether or not they agree with his conclusions." (Jean Bethke Eishtain, University of Massachusetts, Amherst). [via]

  • Theory of Money and Credit
    by Ludwig Von Mises, Harold E. Batson
    ISBN 0913966711 (0-913966-71-1)
    Softcover, Liberty Fund

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    Ludwig von Mises was the leading exponent of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century. He has long been regarded as a most knowledgeable and respected economist, even though his teachings were generally outside the mainstream. He wrote twenty-five books and hundreds of articles on human action, free markets, and political economy.

    When Ludwig von Mises wrote The Theory of Money and Credit in 1912 at the age of thirty-one, the world of economic thought was full of contending monetary theories, none of which could be considered truly united, in the sense of being at once securely founded on economic reality and also properly incorporated into an analysis of the entire economic system.

    This landmark book changed that for good. The Theory of Money and Credit integrated monetary theory into the main body of economic analysis for the first time, providing fresh, new insights into the nature of money and its role in the economy and bringing Mises into the front rank of European economists.

    The Theory of Money and Credit also presented a new monetary theory of the trade cycle, which, under further development by Mises's student Nobel Laureate F. A. Hayek, came to challenge all previous trade-cycle theories.
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  • What Should Economists Do?
    by James M. Buchanan
    ISBN 0913966657 (0-913966-65-7)
    Softcover, Liberty Fund

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    This volume is a collection of sixteen essays on three general topics: the methodology of economics, the applicability of economic reasoning to political science and other social sciences, and the relevance of economics as moral philosophy. Several essays are published here for the first time, including "Professor Alchian on Economic Method," "Natural and Artifactual Man," and "Public Choice and Ideology."

    This book provides relatively easy access to a wide range of work by a moral and legal philosopher, a welfare economist who has consistently defended the primacy of the contractarian ethic, a public finance theorist, and a founder of the burgeoning subdiscipline of public choice. Buchanan's work has spawned a methodological revolution in the way economists and other scholars think about government and government activity.

    As a measure of recognition for his significant contribution, Dr. Buchanan was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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  • Zmirak, John: Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist
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