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The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions–and you might be... (more)

The Undercover Economist

Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor-and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

by Tim Harford

“The economy <isn’t> a bunch of rather dull statistics with names like GDP (gross domestic product),” notes Tim Harford, columnist and regular guest on NPR’s Marketplace, “economics is about who gets what and why.” In this acclaimed and riveting book–part exposé, part user’s manual–the astute and entertaining columnist from the Financial Times demystifies the ways in which money works in the world. From why... (more)

Powershift : Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century

Powershift : Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century

by Alvin Toffler

Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in our everyday world--supermarkets, hospitals, banks, television, and politics. As old antagonisms fade, Toffler identifies where the next, far more important world division will arise . . . between the "fast" and the "slow." "Thought-provoking on every page."--Newsday. HC: Bantam.

The Constitution of Liberty

by Friedrich August Von Hayek

"One of the great political works of our time, . . . the twentieth-century successor to John Stuart Mill's essay, 'On Liberty.'"—Henry Hazlitt, Newsweek "A reflective, often biting, commentary on the nature of our society and its dominant thought by one who is passionately opposed to the coercion of human beings by the arbitrary will of others, who puts liberty above welfare and is sanguine that greater welfare... (more)

Free

The Future of a Radical Price

by Chris Anderson

The New York Times bestselling author heralds the future of business in Free . In his revolutionary bestseller, The Long Tail , Chris Anderson demonstrated how the online marketplace creates niche markets, allowing products and consumers to connect in a way that has never been possible before. Now, in Free , he makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things... (more)

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

by Charles J. Wheelan

Finally! A book about economics that won't put you to sleep. In fact, you won't be able to put this one down. Naked Economics makes up for all of those Econ 101 lectures you slept through (or avoided) in college, demystifying key concepts, laying bare the truths behind the numbers, and answering those questions you have always been too embarrassed to ask. For all the discussion of Alan Greenspan in the... (more)

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

A simple, straightforward analysis of economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy.

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics (Scholars Edition)

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics (Scholars Edition)

by Ludwig von Mises

This set includes 4 books in a slipcase. Mises attributes the tremendous technological progress and the consequent increase in wealth and general welfare in the last two centuries to the introduction of liberal government policies based on free-market economic teachings, creating an economic and political environment which permits individuals to pursue their respective goals in freedom and peace. Mises also... (more)

Future Shock

by Alvin Toffler

Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society.

The Third Wave

by Alvin Toffler

Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity

Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity

by James D. Gwartney

* Do taxes help more than they hurt? * What effect does redistributing wealth have on our economy---and those who participate in its redistribution? * What is the role of government? * How does an economy work? James Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, and Dwight R. Lee are three of the most prominent economists today, and in Common Sense Economics they show us why economic understanding is an essential ingredient for... (more)

The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

by F. A. Hayek

This classic by one of the 20th century's leading libertarian thinkers has established itself beside the works of Orwell and others as a timeless meditation on the relationship between human freedom and government authority. Hayek argues that empowering government with increasing economic control leads not to utopia but to horrors such those seen in Nazi Germany.

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman

Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman and his wife Rose teamed to write this convincing guide that illustrates the crucial link between Adam Smith's capitalism and a free society. 9 cassettes.

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

by Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan

As an interesting relic of the past, this outlandish piece of propaganda is worth the listener's time, even though the author's overconfident sense of her own rightness and persistence at pressing her points with little respect for opposing views can quickly become more than a little annoying. Using outdated words such as "altruists" to represent the forces of evil who would overburden the poor, beleaguered... (more)

FDR's Folly

How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression

by Jim Powell

“Admirers of FDR credit his New Deal with restoring the American economy after the disastrous contraction of 1929—33. Truth to tell–as Powell demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt–the New Deal hampered recovery from the contraction, prolonged and added to unemployment, and set the stage for ever more intrusive and costly government. Powell’s analysis is thoroughly documented, relying on an impressive variety of... (more)

Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...

Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...

by John Stossel

Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America , John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts shut down countless crooks -- both famous and obscure. Then he realized what the real problem was. In Give Me a Break , Stossel takes on the regulators, lawyers, and... (more)

In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

Murray offers a plan to eliminate all federal welfare programs and to substitute a $10,000 annual cash grant for everyone age 21 or older.

The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes

The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes

by Mark Skousen

History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. "The Big Three in Economics" traces the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, representing laissez faire; Karl Marx, reflecting the radical socialist model; and John Maynard Keynes, symbolizing big government... (more)

An Introduction to Economic Reasoning

by David Gordon

This high-school text is aimed at teaching the intelligent young reader how to think about economic problems in a manner consistent with the Austrian School tradition. Its chapters on action, preference, demand and supply, value theory, money, and price controls emphasize deductive logic, the market process, and the failures of government intervention. As the only text of its kind, it is engaging, funny,... (more)

15 Great Austrian Economists

by Holcombe, Randall G.

The Austrian tradition began formally with Carl Menger's 1871 work Principles of Economics . But its roots stretch back to the late-scholastic period, when philosophers first began to think systematically about the relationship between human choice and material resources. This collection presents ideas from the full sweep of this intellectual history, highlighting 15 thinkers who made the greatest contribution... (more)

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by Tim Harford

Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor-and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

by Tim Harford

by Alvin Toffler

by Friedrich August Von Hayek

The Future of a Radical Price

by Chris Anderson

by Charles J. Wheelan

by Henry Hazlitt

by Ludwig von Mises

by Alvin Toffler

by Alvin Toffler

by James D. Gwartney

by F. A. Hayek

by Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman

by Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan

How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression

by Jim Powell

by John Stossel

by Charles A. Murray

by Mark Skousen

by David Gordon

by Holcombe, Randall G.