Learn Austrian Economics | Tom Woods

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The past several years have seen a revival of interest in the Austrian School of economics. For some background on the Austrian School, read this essay and this essay.

I’ve assembled this resource list to help beginners embark on a program of self-education in the Austrian School. I have marked a few titles with to indicate their importance.

Many of the books and audiobooks, in addition to all of the articles, that appear on the list below are available to read or listen to online.

An Introduction to Economic ReasoningThese books, all relatively short and available online or for purchase, are an excellent starting point for an education in sound economics.

Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt; online here and here .pdfEssentials of Economics by Faustino Ballve; online here .pdfAn Introduction to Austrian Economics by Thomas C. Taylor; online here and here .pdfLessons for the Young Economist for younger readers by Robert P. Murphy; online here, here .pdf and here ebookAnother easy-to-understand introduction to economic reasoning is Peter Schiff’s book How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes.

A useful companion to Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is this series of videos, recorded in July-August 2008, in which various professors comment on each of the book’s chapters – explaining the argument, elaborating on it, and applying it to present conditions……

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