The title of this post says it all. This is the major work by Murray Rothbard. It is available in Pdf format and an excellent study guide is also available as a Pdf.
This book started out as a textbook on economics. But eventually it turned into a guide to just about all of Austrian economic thought. He takes Mises Human Action and makes it easier to understand (in my opinion) and extends and expands on it. He created an entire theory of economics. It is a masterful work and worth reading carefully and slowly. With this book and Human Action, you will understand the greater part of Austrian economics.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Human Action
Today I'm going to be writing about Human Action by Ludwig von Mises. This is the big one, laying out the fundamentals of the Austrian school of economics. It's big insomuch as it is very important and big as in about 900 pages long. This book is not light beach reading. But it is very worthwhile.
Some background first. Dr von Mises wrote a version of this in German, but unfortunately it was published in 1940. Not a good time for German economics books. After he came to the United States he translated and expanded upon it for the 1949 publication of Human Action.
The first time I ever heard of Human Action was from this piece in the Daily Reckoning. It made me want to read the book. You might want to read this article first for the background and the inspiration to start reading it.
This book is not the best to start out with, unless you are able to comprehend at a graduate level. It is not for casual readers, but will pay great dividends to those who work through it step by step.
So, as usual, mises.org has extensive free resources for Mises' Human Action. They have a resource page, which contains links for the text in online versions, pdf versions and a complete audiobook reading of it. That page also links to chapter by chapter study guide pdfs.
And something I just found today, an interactive index of the whole book, linked to the online version.
Monday, I'll get into Murray Rothbard's Man, Economy and State with Power and Market.
Some background first. Dr von Mises wrote a version of this in German, but unfortunately it was published in 1940. Not a good time for German economics books. After he came to the United States he translated and expanded upon it for the 1949 publication of Human Action.
The first time I ever heard of Human Action was from this piece in the Daily Reckoning. It made me want to read the book. You might want to read this article first for the background and the inspiration to start reading it.
This book is not the best to start out with, unless you are able to comprehend at a graduate level. It is not for casual readers, but will pay great dividends to those who work through it step by step.
So, as usual, mises.org has extensive free resources for Mises' Human Action. They have a resource page, which contains links for the text in online versions, pdf versions and a complete audiobook reading of it. That page also links to chapter by chapter study guide pdfs.
And something I just found today, an interactive index of the whole book, linked to the online version.
Monday, I'll get into Murray Rothbard's Man, Economy and State with Power and Market.
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