Articles in the Library Category
Great Myths of the Great Depression
Posted in Articles, Books, Featured, Library on 4 September 2009
Stats: 5,080 views and 1 Comment Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide ...
Posted in Articles, Books, Featured, Library on 4 September 2009
Stats: 5,080 views and 1 Comment Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide ...
Not Yours To Give
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 640 views and 1 Comment By Colonel David Crockett; Compiled by Edward S. Ellis Download PDF One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put ...
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 640 views and 1 Comment By Colonel David Crockett; Compiled by Edward S. Ellis Download PDF One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put ...
I, Pencil
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 2,071 views and 9 Comments By Leonard E. Read CONTENTS Download PDF About Leonard E. Read Introduction by Lawrence W. Reed I, Pencil Afterword by Milton Friedman Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) established the Foundation for Economic Education in 1946. For the next 37 years he served as FEE’s president and labored tirelessly to promote and advance liberty. He was a natural leader ...
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 2,071 views and 9 Comments By Leonard E. Read CONTENTS Download PDF About Leonard E. Read Introduction by Lawrence W. Reed I, Pencil Afterword by Milton Friedman Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) established the Foundation for Economic Education in 1946. For the next 37 years he served as FEE’s president and labored tirelessly to promote and advance liberty. He was a natural leader ...
Economics in One Lesson
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 3,740 views and 3 Comments Download PDF Economics In One Lesson By HENRY HAZLITT SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, INC. POCKET BOOKS, INC., ROCKEFELLER CENTER, N. Y. The Printing History of ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON Harper & Brothers edition published July, 1946 1ST PRINTING........................................ JULY, 1946 ...
Posted in Books, Library on 22 December 2008
Stats: 3,740 views and 3 Comments Download PDF Economics In One Lesson By HENRY HAZLITT SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, INC. POCKET BOOKS, INC., ROCKEFELLER CENTER, N. Y. The Printing History of ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON Harper & Brothers edition published July, 1946 1ST PRINTING........................................ JULY, 1946 ...
I Pencil Turns 50
Posted in Books, Featured on 19 December 2008
Stats: 35 views and No Comments "Eloquent. Extraordinary. Timeless. Paradigm-shifting. Classic. Half a century after it first appeared, Leonard Read’s “I, Pencil” still evokes such adjectives of praise. Rightfully so, for this little essay opens eyes and minds among people of all ages. Many first-time readers never see the world quite the same again." -Lawrence W. Reed President ...
Posted in Books, Featured on 19 December 2008
Stats: 35 views and No Comments "Eloquent. Extraordinary. Timeless. Paradigm-shifting. Classic. Half a century after it first appeared, Leonard Read’s “I, Pencil” still evokes such adjectives of praise. Rightfully so, for this little essay opens eyes and minds among people of all ages. Many first-time readers never see the world quite the same again." -Lawrence W. Reed President ...
Marxism Unmasked: From Delusion to Destruction
Posted in Books on 16 December 2008
Stats: 15 views and No Comments Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, Vol. 2Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling In the summer of 1952, the internationally renowned Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises delivered these lectures at the San Francisco Public Library. Topics discussed include the fallacies associated with dialectical materialism and class warfare; the benefits of saving, investment ...
Posted in Books on 16 December 2008
Stats: 15 views and No Comments Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, Vol. 2Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling In the summer of 1952, the internationally renowned Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises delivered these lectures at the San Francisco Public Library. Topics discussed include the fallacies associated with dialectical materialism and class warfare; the benefits of saving, investment ...
Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem
Posted in Books on 16 December 2008
Stats: 139 views and 2 Comments This essay was published by FEE in pamphlet form as part of a series called "Popular Essays on Current Problems" in September 1946. FOREWORD If parliamentary maneuvering had prevented renewal of OPA powers in July 1946, would government price controls have ended? Or would they have ...
Posted in Books on 16 December 2008
Stats: 139 views and 2 Comments This essay was published by FEE in pamphlet form as part of a series called "Popular Essays on Current Problems" in September 1946. FOREWORD If parliamentary maneuvering had prevented renewal of OPA powers in July 1946, would government price controls have ended? Or would they have ...
Marxism Unmasked: From Delusion to Destruction
Posted in Books on 16 December 2008
Stats: 18 views and No Comments Acknowledgments Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling 1ST LECTURE: Mind, Materialism, and the Fate of Man 2ND LECTURE: Class Conflict and Revolutionary Socialism 3RD LECTURE: Individualism and the Industrial Revolution 4TH LECTURE: Nationalism, Socialism, and Violent Revolution 5TH LECTURE: Marxism and the Manipulation of Man 6TH LECTURE: The Making of ...
Posted in Books on 16 December 2008
Stats: 18 views and No Comments Acknowledgments Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling 1ST LECTURE: Mind, Materialism, and the Fate of Man 2ND LECTURE: Class Conflict and Revolutionary Socialism 3RD LECTURE: Individualism and the Industrial Revolution 4TH LECTURE: Nationalism, Socialism, and Violent Revolution 5TH LECTURE: Marxism and the Manipulation of Man 6TH LECTURE: The Making of ...
Up from Poverty: Reflections on the Ills of Public Assistance
Posted in Books on 1 December 2008
Stats: 6 views and No Comments A look at how measures designed to "help the poor" in one way or another undermine individual incentives and responsibility. The collection includes articles and essays by Leonard E. Read, William Graham Sumner, Dean Russell, Clarence Carson, Lawrence Reed, W. M. Curtiss, Thomas DiLorenzo, among others.
Posted in Books on 1 December 2008
Stats: 6 views and No Comments A look at how measures designed to "help the poor" in one way or another undermine individual incentives and responsibility. The collection includes articles and essays by Leonard E. Read, William Graham Sumner, Dean Russell, Clarence Carson, Lawrence Reed, W. M. Curtiss, Thomas DiLorenzo, among others.
Three Libertarian Essays
Posted in Books on 1 December 2008
Stats: 9 views and No Comments The book examines moral consequences of coercion and explains how honest government employees believe in the goodness of government regulations.
Posted in Books on 1 December 2008
Stats: 9 views and No Comments The book examines moral consequences of coercion and explains how honest government employees believe in the goodness of government regulations.
