This edition is the only one with an alphabetical and a quotation index. The introduction is by Edumund A. Opitz, founder, the Nockian Society.

Our Enemy the State

Politics & Social Sciences

Nock, Albert J.

Nock, Albert

Politics & Government

Laissez Faire Books

Short introductions and the unabridged texts of Magna Carta (1215), The Mayflower Compact (1620), The Petition of Right (1628), An Agreement of the Free People of England (1649), The Bill of Rights (1689), Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress (1765), Declaration of the First Continental Congress (1774), The Declaration of Independence (1776), The Articles of Confederation (1778), and the Constitution of the United States (1787).

From Magna Carta to the Constitution: Documents in the Struggle for Liberty

History

David L. Brooks

Brooks ed., David

Americas

This book has been the springboard from which millions have come to understand the basic truths about economics--and the economic fallacies responsible for inflation, unemployment, high taxes, and recession. H.L. Mencken called Hazlitt "one of the few economists in human history who could really write." Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek hailed this book as "a brilliant performance." 
 "If there were a Nobel Prize for clear economic thinking, Mr. Hazlitt's book would be a worthy recipient... like a surgeon's scalpel, it cuts through... much nonsense that has been written in recent years about our economic ailments." -- John W. Hanes, former Undersecretary of the Treasury

Economics in One Lesson: 50th Anniversary Edition

Business & Money

HENRY HAZLITT

Economics

Why "All things are poison; nothing is poison." You may not believe the following claims now, but you will after reading this book. * Low levels of radiation don't harm us. * Our fear of tiny traces of radiation stops us from tapping a limitless source of clean energy. * We could improve our health by increasing our exposure to radiation! For one thing, it may well reduce the risk of cancer. Hiserodt reminds us of a cardinal rule of pharmacology: "the poison is in the dose." Just as arsenic and salt are deadly poisons in large enough doses but necessary nutrients in much smaller amounts, copious data have been reported for decades showing that exposure to low levels of radiation (but considerably more than people normally receive) can actually increase one's health (a stimulatory effect called hormesis). Alas, though researchers have scrupulously recorded such data, when it comes to drawing conclusions they too often ignore their findings or treat them as a fluke. This subject that "very few of us understand" may seem intimidating at first, but Ed Hiserodt is the perfect guide -- friendly, clear, knowledgeable, and not a little irreverent. Step by step, he spells out the basic physics, tours the evidence he has spent years pondering, flays flimsy claims, and opens the door to exciting possibilities. Put it this way: if you're worried about the radon in your home... don't be. You'll also learn: What the media hasn't told you about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island... and the survivors of Hiroshima. * What we could do with the radioactive "waste" that we now try to get rid of. * What gravity, sound, heat, light -- and ionizing radiation -- all have in common. * Which is most dangerous: a reactor leak... a pint of salad oil... or a handful of dirt? * How did X-rays help Professor Shrader's Guinea pigs survive the diphtheria bacillus? * Why it's impossible to steal nuclear fuel from a functioning reactor. Sorry, Mr. Terrorist.

Underexposed: What If Radiation Is Actually Good for You?

Science & Math

Hiserodt, Ed

Physics

How to avoid the decline of great societies? Let the common people show the way! What makes a society prosperous? Why have prosperous societies eventually fallen into decay? Is such decline inevitable? Bill Greene takes the reader on a fascinating stroll through history-- looking at societies that created prosperity. Greene looks at the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Vikings, the Basques, and other successful societies, all the way up to the current-day success of the United States. Greene considers what factors were responsible for their successes, and the same answer keeps coming up: When the common people are free to be creative and productive, societies prosper. Nothing more is required. And of the decline of such societies? He finds that, invariably, the rise of an intellectual class--which critiques what the common people have created with little understanding of that process--brings on the decline. Greene calls for a return to relying on common sense and shows how listening to the intellectuals is leading America down the path of destruction. He hopes his message arrives in time to change that path and to protect the legacy of freedom and prosperity for the generations to come. A fascinating perspective!

COMMON GENIUS: Guts, Grit, and Common Sense: How Ordinary People Create Prosperous Societies and How

Bill Greene

Rothbard's most famous monetary essay has appeared in multiple editions and influenced two generations of economists, investors, and businessmen. After presenting the basics of money and banking theory, he traces the decline of the dollar from the 18th century to the present, and provides lucid critiques of central banking, New Deal monetary policy, Nixonian fiat money, and fixed exchange rates. He also provides a blueprint for a return to a 100 percent reserve gold standard.

What Has Government Done to Our Money?

MURRAY N. ROTHBARD

Dr. Ron Paul's Review of The Idea of America: What It Was and How It Was Lost "This excellent collection of essays addresses the fundamental political question of our time or any time: Is the state servant or master? The ongoing experiment known as America began with the very radical notion that the state should indeed be restrained rather than sovereign. This happy development in human history is the grand idea explored here. "I highly recommend The Idea of America to anyone interested in the animating spirit of America's origins. We hear from expected sources like Jefferson, Paine, and de Tocqueville, but also from modern radicals like Mencken, Rothbard, and Rose Wilder Lane. These excellent minds challenge the reader to rethink their attitudes about government, political economy, and human affairs generally. Statist complacency is no match for such rigorous thinking about the role and nature of government. After reading these essays, I think readers will find themselves both enlightened and angry about the state of our republic today." Book Description from the Publisher This is an anthology on America. Its selections have been chosen to convey what was, and hopefully still is, the idea of America. When we look around America today, it seems clear that the idea of America has failed. Can we imagine that any of the classical authors of this anthology, or any of the Founders, would think that today's America is a free society in the strong sense of the word? It is certainly quite open, and less unfree than many other countries in the world. It may or may not be less unfree than other Western countries, depending on which area of human endeavor is considered. At any rate, contemporary America is far from the idea of America as we see it unfold in this book. One thing is sure: if liberty and civilization have any future, the idea of America is the key. Will America be?

The Idea of America: What It Was and How It Was Lost

William Bonner

Pierre Lemieux

This book reduces the core of economic perspective to two great insights in one lesson: economics consists of looking not only at the short-term results of economic policy but at the long-term ones also, and consists at looking at the effects of policy not just on some groups but all groups.

Economics in One Lesson

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The Law

Frederic, Bastiat

Sets out the arguments in favor of the free market in 37 short chapters covering topics over which critics of the free market find fault, along with other topics as well. Each chapter includes references to further investigagte a topic. Everything from minimum wage laws, to price gouging, regulation, inflation, price controls, history of economic thought, the calculation debate, etc.

The Concise Guide to Economics

Jim Cox

Business Culture

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