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Nicholas Snow is a 4th year Ph.D. student in economics at George Mason University. From January 2008 to August 2008 he was the Leonard E. Read Research Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education.Articles »
“Stalin as Classical Economist” by Henry Hazlitt
Posted in Document on 30 November 2011
Stats: 438 views and 2 Comments “Stalin as Classical Economist” by Henry Hazlitt. October 20, 1952 Newsweek Business Tides column about Stalin’s need to adapt more market policies in the Soviet Union.
Posted in Document on 30 November 2011
Stats: 438 views and 2 Comments “Stalin as Classical Economist” by Henry Hazlitt. October 20, 1952 Newsweek Business Tides column about Stalin’s need to adapt more market policies in the Soviet Union.
The Academic Publisher’s Role?
Posted in From the Archives on 30 November 2011
Stats: 160 views and 2 Comments Recently I discussed J.K. Galbraith’s review of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action. In that review Galbraith took issue not only with Mises’s radicalism but also with the publishers’ plug on the book jacket. He chided Yale University Press for stating that Mises’s approach bears little relation to what “is usually taught in classrooms or to the hopeful, revolutionary [...]
Posted in From the Archives on 30 November 2011
Stats: 160 views and 2 Comments Recently I discussed J.K. Galbraith’s review of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action. In that review Galbraith took issue not only with Mises’s radicalism but also with the publishers’ plug on the book jacket. He chided Yale University Press for stating that Mises’s approach bears little relation to what “is usually taught in classrooms or to the hopeful, revolutionary [...]
Constitutional Practices Vs. Constitutional Revolutions
Posted in Document on 29 November 2011
Stats: 164 views and No Comments A book review of Henry Hazlitt’s A New Constitution Now in The Nation December 5, 1942.
Posted in Document on 29 November 2011
Stats: 164 views and No Comments A book review of Henry Hazlitt’s A New Constitution Now in The Nation December 5, 1942.
Publisher’s Response to Galbraith’s Review of Human Action
Posted in Document on 27 November 2011
Stats: 154 views and No Comments In the Letter to the Editor section of the New York Times Eugene Davidson, of Yale University Press, response to J.K. Galbraith’s attack of Yale University Press in his review of Mises’s Human Action. With Galbraith response back.
Posted in Document on 27 November 2011
Stats: 154 views and No Comments In the Letter to the Editor section of the New York Times Eugene Davidson, of Yale University Press, response to J.K. Galbraith’s attack of Yale University Press in his review of Mises’s Human Action. With Galbraith response back.
The Best of the Free Man’s Library
Posted in From the Archives on 21 November 2011
Stats: 511 views and 1 Comment Henry Hazlitt was not an economist by trade. He was, however, a very learned man who absorbed more economic knowledge than many professional economists do. And Hazlitt didn’t gain this knowledge by simply hanging around the likes of such brilliant individuals such as Ludwig von Mises (which he did). He not only read; he read [...]
Posted in From the Archives on 21 November 2011
Stats: 511 views and 1 Comment Henry Hazlitt was not an economist by trade. He was, however, a very learned man who absorbed more economic knowledge than many professional economists do. And Hazlitt didn’t gain this knowledge by simply hanging around the likes of such brilliant individuals such as Ludwig von Mises (which he did). He not only read; he read [...]
Mises’s Naive View of the State?
Posted in From the Archives on 14 November 2011
Stats: 619 views and 3 Comments Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action was published in 1949. The book has since gone on to great acclaim in classical liberal and libertarian circles. It influenced more than a generation of economists not only in the Austrian-school tradition but also from the prominent Chicago (such as Gary Becker), UCLA (Armen Alchian), and Virginia political economy [...]
Posted in From the Archives on 14 November 2011
Stats: 619 views and 3 Comments Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action was published in 1949. The book has since gone on to great acclaim in classical liberal and libertarian circles. It influenced more than a generation of economists not only in the Austrian-school tradition but also from the prominent Chicago (such as Gary Becker), UCLA (Armen Alchian), and Virginia political economy [...]
Hazlitt’s Newsweek, Best of the Free Man’s Library List
Posted in Document on 8 November 2011
Stats: 441 views and No Comments Hazlitt’s Newsweek, Best of the Free Man’s Library List. Complies a short list of the best books on economics from Hazlitt’s book The Free Man’s Library.
Posted in Document on 8 November 2011
Stats: 441 views and No Comments Hazlitt’s Newsweek, Best of the Free Man’s Library List. Complies a short list of the best books on economics from Hazlitt’s book The Free Man’s Library.
Against the Zeitgeist
Posted in From the Archives on 31 October 2011
Stats: 315 views and No Comments Today’s document is Albert Hunold’s address to the ninth meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in Princeton, N.J., on September 8, 1958. It is titled “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society.” Hunold, who cofounded MPS with F. A. Hayek, suggests that the roots of MPS stem from Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom. It is no surprise that the ideas contained [...]
Posted in From the Archives on 31 October 2011
Stats: 315 views and No Comments Today’s document is Albert Hunold’s address to the ninth meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in Princeton, N.J., on September 8, 1958. It is titled “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society.” Hunold, who cofounded MPS with F. A. Hayek, suggests that the roots of MPS stem from Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom. It is no surprise that the ideas contained [...]
In Defense of Laissez-Faire by J.K. Galbraith
Posted in Document on 30 October 2011
Stats: 460 views and 1 Comment In Defense of Laissez-Faire by J.K. Galbraith. A book review from October 30, 1949 of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action.
Posted in Document on 30 October 2011
Stats: 460 views and 1 Comment In Defense of Laissez-Faire by J.K. Galbraith. A book review from October 30, 1949 of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action.
Albert Hunold’s “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society”
Posted in Document on 17 October 2011
Stats: 228 views and 1 Comment Albert Hunold’s “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society” is an address to the 9th meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society on September 8, 1958 in Princeton, New jersey. Hunold was the co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society along with economist F.A. Hayek.
Posted in Document on 17 October 2011
Stats: 228 views and 1 Comment Albert Hunold’s “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society” is an address to the 9th meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society on September 8, 1958 in Princeton, New jersey. Hunold was the co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society along with economist F.A. Hayek.
