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Should Be In Every Freedom-Loving Person's
Personal Library.
The best, most concise introductions to
economic principles and the fallacies of
government restrictions on private
enterprise. Should be in every
freedom-loving person's personal
library.
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Vienna and
Chicago, Friends or
Foes?
by Mark
Skousen
In his new book,
Vienna and Chicago, Friends or
Foes? economist and author Mark
Skousen debates the Austrian and Chicago
schools of free-market economics, which
differ in monetary policy, business cycle,
government policy, and methodology. Both
have played a successful role in advancing
classic free-market economics and
countering the critics of capitalism
during crucial times and the battle of
ideas. But, which of the two is correct in
its theories? Vienna and Chicago,
Friends or Foes? includes interviews
with economists in both camps, uncovering
their strengths and weaknesses. At the end
of each chapter, Skousen declares who's
right and who's wrong either with
"Advantage, Vienna," or "Advantage,
Chicago." The results are surprising, and
Professor Skousen ends his provocative and
timely work by attempting to foster common
ground between these two warring
schools.
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Capitalism:
A Treatise on Economics
An excellent book for those confused
about capitalism and an excellent basic
text for the student of economics.
Includes topics such as the foundations of
economics, economics and capitalism,
wealth and its role in human life, natural
resources and the environment, the
division of labor and capitalism, the
dependence of the division of labor on
capitalism, socialism, totalitarianism,
monopoly versus freedom of competition,
money and spending, Say's law,
unemployment, the role of saving, a
critique of Keynesianism, toward the
establishment of laissez-faire capitalism,
and more.
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The Noblest
Triumph: Property and Prosperity Through
the Ages
Prosperity is impossible without secure
private property - so says Tom Bethell in
his new book . .
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What Would
Aristotle Do?
Philosophy purists take note: yes, this
is a business self-help book. But Tom
Morris has plenty of philosophical street
credibility: after getting his Ph.D. from
Yale, he taught for 15 years at the
University of Notre Dame (where stunts
like bringing the ND marching band to
class for an impromptu "pep rally" before
a big test made him one of the most
popular professors on campus). And Morris
isn't dumbing down his message for the
corporate culture. Rather, he's genuinely
interested in fostering a workplace
environment where one can seriously think
about truth, beauty, goodness, and
unity.
"If we let the great philosophers guide
our thinking," he says, "and if we then
begin to become philosophers ourselves, we
put ourselves in the very best position to
move towards genuine excellence, true
prosperity, and deeply satisfying success
in our businesses, our families, and our
lives. Why should we settle for anything
less?" Why indeed?
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Sex, Drugs
& Economics: An Unconventional
Introduction to
Economics
What in the World Does the
arcane science of economics have to do
with the "real" world? Everything,
according to Diane Coyle, a
Harvard-trained economist and
award-winning financial columnist.
In this entertaining introduction to
economics, Coyle shows how "the dismal
science" can shed light on virtually
anything -- sports, drugs, music, movies,
and, yes, even sex. Writing in a lively
and engaging style, she illustrates the
relevance of economics to real-world
issues in a refreshing, thought-provoking
manner.
Eschewing abstruse mathematics, Coyle
explains how you can use simple economic
principles to analyze the complex and
often confusing issues in today's
headlines. Economic thinking has profound
relevance to contemporary politics, social
trends, and public policy debates -- not
just traditional macroeconomic concerns
like GDP, inflation, or employment. In
short, she shows you how to think like an
economist. In her view, economists are
consummate skeptics, constantly asking
questions and seeking empirical evidence
to support or refute theories.
In this broader sense, economics
becomes a tool for understanding human
nature -- a quest for enlightenment that
rises above mere facts and figures to
address the most vexing issues of our
time. Without a firm grasp of economic
fundamentals, Coyle argues, it's
impossible to think clearly about trade
and globalization, hunger and population
growth, the environment and energy
conservation, and a host of other urgent
problems.
Whatever side of these problems you
find yourself on, Sex, Drugs &
Economics will provide valuable insights
into their root causes, inevitable
trade-offs, and potential solutions.
Ultimately, Coyle concludes, an
understanding of economics is essential to
an informed and active citizenry -- and,
indeed, to democracy itself.
Read Chapter 11 of this book in The
Radical Academy by CLICKING
HERE.
Read Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty's review of
this book by CLICKING
HERE.
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More from Dr.
Diane Coyle...
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Capitalism
and Commerce: Conceptual Foundations of
Free Enterprise
There is today a much stronger presence
of free-market ideas in public debates.
Although collectivist ideologies still
dominate the academic world, they have
been on the defensive for quite some time,
following the systematic disintegration of
all their utopian promises. More people
are finding alternative interpretations on
the Internet. And if things are to be
different this time, it will be in part
because of books like Capitalism and
Commerce: Conceptual Foundations of Free
Enterprise, by Edward Younkins.
The book magisterially fulfills its
promise. It is well-written and concise,
and it presents all the fundamental
arguments that anybody who supports the
capitalist system should know about. Its
29 chapters cover all the main aspects of
a free society: individual rights, civil
society, private property, the
corporation, entrepreneurship, etc.
Younkins also devotes 10 chapters to
refuting various ideologies and
criticizing arrangements like
protectionism and antitrust laws that are
"Obstacles to a Free Society."
Anybody who wants to get acquainted
with the classical liberal tradition of
individualism, free markets, and limited
government faces one big hurdle: where to
start? This book generously offers its
services.
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Chance,
Luck, Randomness: In his
review of this book, Dr. Dolhenty
says:
"Chance, luck, randomness, and
probability are all topics which incite
debate among everyone, from the scientist
to the philosopher, from the economist to
the market trader, from the erudite
intellectual to the ordinary thinking
person."
Read Dr. Dolhenty's complete review of
this book by CLICKING
HERE.
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No Logo:
Taking Aim at the Brand
Bullies
Nike isn't quite so cool...now that
it's associated as much with exploited
Third World workers as with NBA
superstars. The backlash against the brand
names has begun--and in "No Logo," Naomi
Klein charts the new consumer
revolution.
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The Excuse
Factory: How Employment Law is Paralyzing
the American Workplace
The author of The Litigation
Explosion returns with a forceful
account of how employment law increasingly
makes mediocrity the norm of the American
workplace. Thanks to the unintended
consequences of well-meaning laws such as
the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is
now increasingly difficult to fire
slacking employees for perfectly
justifiable reasons. This hurts employers
who need productive staffs and insults
hard-working people everywhere. The Excuse
Factory is hands-down one of the best
books available on America's faltering
legal system.
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FutureShop:
How the New Auction Culture Will
Revolutionize the Way We Buy, Sell, and
Get theThings We Really
Want,
by Daniel
Nissanoff
A bold forecast of how the coming
"auction culture" revolution will
radically transform what, how, and what we
buy.
Visionary Internet entrepreneur Daniel
Nissanoff breaks the news that the eBay
auction phenomenon is about to explode in
a big new way, fundamentally
revolutionizing the way all consumers--not
just Internet mavens--do their shopping
both online and offline. As huge as eBay
has become--it is now the tenth largest
retailer in America--it has only scratched
the surface of the potential for online
buying and selling: by 2004 only 5 percent
of all eBayers had ever sold anything on
the site. But that is about to change,
dramatically, and the whole world of
buying and selling will be
transformed.
Nissanoff reveals that a massive growth
of new online auction "facilitators,"
called drop shops, is under way--thousands
have opened around the world just this
year. As these shops become as pervasive
as Starbucks, they will make buying and
selling online so hassle free that the
masses of consumers who have stayed away
thus far will jump aboard. As we do so, a
great deal of money will be made. As
Nissanoff cites, the closets of the
average American household are cluttered
with thousands of dollars of value waiting
to be found.
Read
Dr. Dolhenty's review of this book
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at Amazon
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