What are some of the Essential Libertarian books?
Posted by EhrmantrautMike_@reddit | Libertarian | View on Reddit | 25 comments
What are some of the essential libertarian books and which of them are your favorite? Also which author do you love the most?
TSunamiWaves979@reddit
Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman Free to Choose - Milton Friedman There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - Milton Friedman The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith On Liberty - John Stuart Mill The Road to Serfdom - Friedrich Hayek The Constitution of Liberty - Friedrich Hayek The Fatal Conceit - Friedrich Hayek The First and Second Treatises on Government - John Locke For a New Liberty - Murray Rothbard The Ethics of Liberty - Murray Rothbard Anatomy of the State - Murray Rothbard Anarchy, State, and Utopia - Robert Nozick The Libertarian Mind - David Boaz Liberalism - Ludwig von Mises Human Action - Ludwig von Mises The Machinery of Freedom - David Friedman The Law - Frédéric Bastiat A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism - Hans-Hermann Hoppe Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell
Eagle_Pancake@reddit
I'm going to be a bit different and recommend a fiction book. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Heinlein is a great read.
Long-Timer123@reddit
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
BringBackUsenet@reddit
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty by Harry Browne
https://www.amazon.com/How-Found-Freedom-Unfree-World/dp/0965603679
clarity2012@reddit
Although I'm in crypto, I love libertarian philosophy! Some essential reads:
Core Texts: - Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt (great intro) - The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek - Human Action by Ludwig von Mises (dense but worth it) - For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbard - The Law by Frédéric Bastiat (short but powerful) - Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick
Personally, I find Bastiat's work remarkably accessible considering it was written
tzagoj@reddit
The Dogpill, by Octavia Paws.
helemaal@reddit
Economics in one lesson - hazlit
justinlanewright@reddit
Defending the Undefendable, by Walter Block
User61402143455861@reddit
Animal farm.
bluefalken88@reddit
Immediately followed by 1984 and an clockwork orange...
EhrmantrautMike_@reddit (OP)
I have read every one of them but clockwork orange? Thats reference to Doctor (whom we can reference to State) tries to intervene in young man's body without his concerns right? Like government intervening in humans life like that doctor does. I haven't thought about that way!
natermer@reddit
I, Pencil
Somhairle77@reddit
No Treason by Lysander Spooner
lightknightrr@reddit
Human Action, by Ludwig Von Mises.
jeepsandsail@reddit
Anarchy, State and Utopia.
OpinionStunning6236@reddit
The best book to understand libertarian economics is Man, Economy, and State by Rothbard. It’s insanely long but you only really need to read the first 4 chapters. What Has Government Done to Our Money is an excellent book and it’s really short. Also For a New Liberty outlines the entirety of libertarian thought but I think the other 2 books are better.
All 3 of those books are available as free pdfs on Mises.org
PhilRubdiez@reddit
I listened to Man, Economy, and State as an audiobook. Some of the chapters are… interesting to listen to while driving. Particularly the 5 minutes it takes to read a list of preferences.
deucemcsizzles@reddit
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
skeleltor@reddit
The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism by Russ Roberts.
Very short read, I read it in one afternoon. Once you understand that government intervention is inefficient in economics, you can begin to understand how it’s inefficient everywhere else.
librarian1001@reddit
Anatomy of the State by Rothbard
Anen-o-me@reddit
Always start here, it's a 1 hour read and hits hard.
Then learn economics.
RagnarBateman@reddit
The Ethics of Liberty by Rothbard The Machinery of Freedom by David Friedman Getting Libertarianism Right by Hoppe The Economics and Ethics of Private Property by Hoppe Democracy the God that Failed by Hoppe The Great Fiction by Hoppe Defending the Indefensible 1 and 2 by Walter Block
herve0@reddit
The road to serfdom, F. A. Hayek
MrCaptain_8017@reddit
Milton Friedman: Capitalism and Freedom/Free to Choose
F. A. Hayek: The Fatal Conceit
Ludwig von Mises: Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
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