1. Economics in one Lesson by Henry Hazlitt This classic work by Hazlitt is one of the best beginner’s books on basic economic principles. This book is for anyone who wants a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of how an economy works. It is highly regarded by the Mises Institute ...
but she is a master of messing with people’s heads, and she moves on to work as housekeeper for Lisa, another expat Austrian Jewess. Lisa’s background is even murkier than Mrs. Langendorf’s. She spent the war in Rome as — even the relatively naive Lele figures this out — the ...
Research Handbook on the Austrian School in Management and Entrepreneurship Studies(Edward Elgar), co-edited with Vishal Gupta. Expected Publication 2025. . Authored books Entrepreneurship and Evolutionary Economics(Cambridge University Press, 2025). Entrepreneurship has been expunged from contemporary mainstre...
Even though it was controversial when it was published, it has become one of the most-read economics books in the world and has been published in more than 20 languages. The book continues to feature on university reading lists, and every established economist knows Hayek inside and out. “A...
“Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition”- Outlines Mises’s views on liberalism and its importance for a free society. Mises’s work is foundational in Austrian economics, emphasizing the importance of individual choice and the limitations of central planning....
#12. “Human Action: A Treatise on Economy” by Ludwig von Mises Friedrich Hayek frequently said that he owes much of what he has become to his teacher. His name? Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian-born American émigré who was probably the most important figure in the post-war liberalist rev...
Among his other books are Planned Chaos (1947), concerning socialist totalitarianism, and Human Action (1949; rev. ed. 1966), a treatise on economics.The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica....
I found the new paperback edition of John Mueller’sRedeeming Economicsto complete in an orderly way what is lacking in economic theory, something Jennifer Roback Morse’sLove and Economicsbegan years ago. J. Budziszewski’sCommentary on Thomas Aquinas’ Treatise on Law,Daniel Mahoney’sThe Other...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn centers on 11-year-old Francie Nolan, who lives in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn with her Irish and Austrian immigrant parents and younger brother, Neely. When her father dies, the family reels, but Francie is determined to pursue her dreams of finishing her ...
It was Smith, however, who wrote the first full-scale treatise on economics and, by his magisterial influence, founded what later generations were to call the “English school of classical political economy,” known today as classical economics. Adam Smith, paste medallion by James Tassie, 1787...