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Quotes

Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.

Articles

Economics Is Fun, by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., 27 Apr 2007
Review of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism by Robert P. Murphy
"Plenty of people carelessly suppose that reading an economics book must be unspeakable drudgery. To the contrary, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism is great fun, written by a scholar with the ability to produce rigorous scholarly articles as well as to explain difficult concepts in an easy-to-understand way for the general public."
Roots Of Economic Understanding, by Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Nov 1955
Teaching Basic Economics to Fifth Graders, by Arthur E. Foulkes, Mises.org Daily Article, 21 Jun 2006
Related Topics: Children, Free Trade, Money, Prices
"The constant animating force behind all human action, and the creativity it unleashes, cannot be captured in predictive models or in mathematical formulas. It is precisely this fact that precludes employing the methods of the natural sciences to solve problems of human action."
The Austrian Economists, by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1891
The Nature and Significance of Economic Education, by Israel M. Kirzner, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Oct 1998
"... why is economic education needed? ... Without careful guidance, the intelligent layman is likely to be led to accept as 'obvious,' policy prescriptions that economics reveals as tending to generate wholly unwanted consequences. ... it is needed in order to introduce the intelligent layman to new ways of looking at and understanding the world. "

Books

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Mar 1776
Electronic text available at The Library of Economics and Liberty. Includes 1904 Editor's Introduction by Edwin Cannan.
Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
    by Thomas Sowell, 2003
A Treatise on Political Economy: or The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth, by Jean-Baptiste Say, 1803
Electronic text available at The Library of Economics and Liberty.
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
    by Thomas Sowell, 2000
Classical Economics: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought - Volume II [PDF], by Murray N. Rothbard, 1995
Electronic text available at the Ludwig von Mises Institute
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
    by P.J. O'Rourke, 1998
Economic Logic
    by Mark Skousen, 2000
Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow
    by Ludwig von Mises, 1979
Lectures originally given in 1959
Economics in One Lesson
    by Henry Hazlitt, 1946
Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought - Volume I [PDF], by Murray N. Rothbard, 1995
Electronic text available at the Ludwig von Mises Institute
Elements of Political Economy, by James Mill, 1821
Electronic text available at the Library of Economics and Liberty
Essay on the Nature of Commerce in General, by Richard Cantillon, 1730
Electronic text available at the Library of Economics and Liberty
Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life
    by David D. Friedman, 1996
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
    by Ludwig von Mises, 1949
  • ISBN 0786101709: Audio cassette, Blackstone Audiobooks, Section One, 1997
  • ISBN 0786101717: Audio cassette, Blackstone Audiobooks, Section Two, 1997
  • ISBN 0809297434: Hardcover, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Co, 3rd edition, 1966
  • ISBN 0945466242: Hardcover, Ludwig Von Mises Institute, Scholars Edition, 1998
  • ISBN 1572460210: Hardcover, Foundation for Econ Education, 4th edition, 1996
  • ISBN 0930073185: Paperback, Fox & Wilkes, Scholars edition; 4th edition, 1996
Making Economic Sense
    by Murray N. Rothbard, 1995
Man, Economy, and State, by Murray N. Rothbard, 1962
Electronic text available at the Ludwig von Mises Institute
On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, by David Ricardo, 1817
Related Topic: Taxation
Electronic text available at the Library of Economics and Liberty
Principles of Political Economy, by John Stuart Mill, 1848
Electronic text available at The Library of Economics and Liberty.
Selected Essays in Political Economy
    by Claude Frederic Bastiat, 1850
Includes "The Law" and "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen"
The Critics of Keynesian Economics
    by Henry Hazlitt, 1960
The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers
    by Mark Skousen, 2001
The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method, by Ludwig von Mises, 1962
Electronic text available at the Mises Institute
Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters
    by David D. Friedman, 2000
Related Topics: Law

Videos


How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't, by Irwin A. Schiff, 19 Apr 2009
Comic book presentation of basic economics concepts, including an allegory of United States economic history in the 20th century