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Christianity and War

Tags: Introductory, Media and Culture, War and Foreign Policy

01/14/2008 Laurence M. Vance

A main support group for Bush’s “war on terror” and war on Iraq and other nations were evangelical Christians. They cited a religious justification for attacking Islam and claim Biblical and moral support for their position. They were the...

Why Austrian Economics Matters

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08/01/2007 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

This speech by Lew Rockwell was delivered at the Heritage Foundation, and even at the time was regarded as the best single overview of the teachings of the Austrian school, its contribution to the history of ideas, and the political implications...

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Not a Zero-Sum Game: The Paradox of Exchange

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07/29/2007 Manuel F. Ayau

The key to understanding how society comes to be, works without central direction, and develops into a thriving civilization can be understood through the least understood idea in economics: the division of labor through comparative advantage...

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The Quotable Mises

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Free Markets

07/27/2007 Mark Thornton

Ludwig von Mises was the greatest economist of the twentieth century, but often readers are reluctant to tackle his major works. They fear that they will be unable to follow that abstract and relentless theoretical progression of, e.g., Human...

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33 Questions About American History You’re Not Supposed to Ask

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, U.S. History

07/10/2007 Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Can you really understand American history without understanding economics? Thomas Woods doesn’t think so, which is why he wrote this fabulous, pithy, provocative, and supremely enlightening book. And guess what? His research, and his training...

A Bull in China

Tags: Introductory, Global Economy

06/01/2007 Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers first went to China in 1984 and he has been tracking it ever since. He saw what was happening there long before the news hit the headlines. He knows its industries and opportunities. He understands the state and how it works there. He...

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism

Tags: Introductory, Education, Free Markets, U.S. Economy

04/09/2007 Robert P. Murphy

The anti-capitalists are still with us, and how. Robert Murphy has decided to give them an in-your-face economics education that they won’t forget — ever. His approach comes from years of teaching undergraduates and dealing with the most common...

The Essential Rothbard

Tags: Introductory, Biographies

02/26/2007 David Gordon

Here is the book for the Age of Rothbard, precisely the primer that is needed at a time when his influence—as the most radical and compelling intellectual force in the second half of the 20th century—is higher than during any time during his...

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A Libertarian Gallop Through American History

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Political Theory, U.S. History

10/03/2006 Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Some American History is not covered at all in history books. Four of these ignored stories are: 1) in 1798 a law passed making it a crime to say unkind words about anyone in the US government, other than the vice president, who at the time was Jefferson.

350 Years of Economic Theory in 50 Minutes

Tags: Homeschool Resource, Introductory, Austrian Economics Overview

10/03/2006 Mark Thornton

Market economies are not only efficient but just, founded on individual liberty, division of labor, and private property. Free markets produce every product and every service desired. Free markets distribute all products and services through voluntary exchanges.

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