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Economics in One Lesson

Henry Hazlitt

Economics & FinancePolitics & SocietyPhilosophy
Featured in: Austrian Economics reading guide
Publish date
2010-08-11
Publisher
Crown Currency
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Over a million copies sold! A fundamental influence on modern libertarianism, this classic guide to the basics of economic theory defends capitalism and the free market from economic myths that persist to this day. “A magnificent job of theoretical exposition.”—Ayn Rand Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,” which includes Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich (F.A.) Hayek, and…
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  1. The Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith

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    Cited to support core free-market principles, trade, and the division of labor.

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  2. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

    John Maynard Keynes

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    Critiqued extensively throughout the book as the source of many popular economic fallacies.

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  3. What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen

    Frédéric Bastiat

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    Serves as the primary theoretical foundation for Hazlitt's main thesis on unseen economic consequences.

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  4. The Road to Serfdom

    Friedrich Hayek

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    Referenced regarding the dangers of state planning and central economic control.

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