Freedom Reading List

[SilentBull]

I was wondering what other people's reading list would be for waking up the public.

Here are the books I would recommend, in order. When making this list, I imagined it being read by the average American; someone who gets information only from the media and liberal textbooks. If the average American where to read these books in order, they would understand freedom.

These books contain the information that would help someone understand the world. After having read all these books, I know get the big picture of what's going on.

1) Why Government Doesn't Work (Harry Browne)
2) Economics In One Lesson (Henry Hazlit)
3) The Law (Frederic Bastiat)
4) The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History (Thomas Woods)
5) The Creature From Jekyll Island (Ed Giffin)
6) Fearful Master: A Second Look at the U.N. (Ed Griffin)
7) Blowback (Chalmers Johnson)
8) Imperial Hubris (Michael Scheuer)

What's your list?

[rpfan2008]

I would like to make a recommendation here, this is a great book imo and one should read it if you feel like giving up and defeated, The Story of My Experiments with Truth (or My Experiments with Truth) – the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (or Mahatma Gandhi)

You will feel how much the power of one person's beliefs and his will can change, who is very confused, and naive sometimes yet focused.

This book sort of changed the person in me.

Amazon reviews. (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0807059099/ref=cm_cr_pr_redirect/105-4051309-4738840)

[SilentBull]

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[ClassicalLiberal]

Anon - your suggestions are excellent. When I start thinking of the books that I think everyone should read the list starts getting a little long, but trying to narrow down to just a few I'd recommend:

The Revolution: a Manifesto by Ron Paul (Which has an excellent appendix of suggested reading itself)

I'll second your suggestion of Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. If you're going to read only one book on economics, this is the one. For someone wanting more, I'd suggest anything on economics by Thomas Sowell.

And speaking of Thomas Sowell, I suggest his The Vision of the Anointed. This book helped disabuse me of the idea that we should trust government and cultural elites to solve the country's problems.

Finally, for those getting started, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin Gutzman.

Of course, all of these books will raise questions for the inquisitive reader, particularly if one is starting out from a liberal perspective. The list of additional books for answering such questions can get pretty long, but there is a lot of good stuff out there. Just as an example of something that happens to be in view of me as I write this: Forbidden Grounds: the Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws by Richard A. Epstein. But that's not the kind of book I'd start my recommendations with.

[phrizek]

I second the Hazlitt and Bastiat books.

I would also add:

What has government done to our money? by Murray N. Rothbard
The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek
The Anticapitalistic Mentality by Ludwig von Mises
Liberalism by Ludwig von Mises
Socialism by Ludwig von Mises
Human Action by Ludwig von Mises

[spacehabitats]

Anon - your suggestions are excellent. When I start thinking of the books that I think everyone should read the list starts getting a little long, but trying to narrow down to just a few I'd recommend:

The Revolution: a Manifesto by Ron Paul (Which has an excellent appendix of suggested reading itself)

I'll second your suggestion of Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. If you're going to read only one book on economics, this is the one. For someone wanting more, I'd suggest anything on economics by Thomas Sowell.

And speaking of Thomas Sowell, I suggest his The Vision of the Anointed. This book helped disabuse me of the idea that we should trust government and cultural elites to solve the country's problems.

Finally, for those getting started, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin Gutzman.

Of course, all of these books will raise questions for the inquisitive reader, particularly if one is starting out from a liberal perspective. The list of additional books for answering such questions can get pretty long, but there is a lot of good stuff out there. Just as an example of something that happens to be in view of me as I write this: Forbidden Grounds: the Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws by Richard A. Epstein. But that's not the kind of book I'd start my recommendations with.

Ditto. I think the The Revolution: a Manifesto is an excellent place to start.

[Truth Warrior]

In The Revolution: A Manifesto, Dr. Paul recommends this freedom reading list.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/reading-list4.html

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