Reading List for Financial Crisis

[krazy kaju]

Here are some books you might want to read before debating the current financial crisis with others:

Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles by Jesus Huerta de Soto (http://mises.org/books/desoto.pdf)

The Case Against the Fed by Murray Rothbard (http://mises.org/books/fed.pdf)

Failure of the "New Economics" by Henry Hazlitt (http://www.mises.org/books/failureofneweconomics.pdf)

The Inflation Crisis and How to Resolve It by Henry Hazlitt (http://www.mises.org/books/inflationcrisis.pdf)

America's Great Depression by Murray Rothbard (http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf)

The Panic of 1819: Reactions and Policies by Murray Rothbard (http://mises.org/books/panic1819.pdf) (this is for those who think the panic of 1819 was the first "market failure")

Prices and Production by F.A. Hayek (http://mises.org/books/pricesproduction.pdf)

The books are in the order I think you should read them. Any other suggestions?

[RSLudlum]

Have you read DiLorenzo's "How Capitalism Saved America"?

I'm about 100pages into it and it's pretty good so far pointing out that 'communal property' didn't work in Jamestown and for the Pilgrims. It was only when capitalism and private property was adopted that the colonies flourished, thereby leading to heavy regulatory laws/tarrifs by the British gov't. through mercantilism.

Lots of good historical morsels in it that I never knew about colonial/early US. ;)

[icon124]

All very good books...read all except for the last one...will start soon, just need more time :)

[raiha]

The Grapes of Wrath ...John Steinbeck

[danberkeley]

Dont forget to read Smith, Keynes, Bernanke, et al to able to break down mainstream economics and point out its fallacies. :D

[krazy kaju]

All very good books...read all except for the last one...will start soon, just need more time :)

Yeah, I put Prices and Production last because it's slightly more complicated than the previous ones. But if you've read the previous ones, you should be able to understand Hayek's book. There are a few other Hayek books that look good too, but I haven't read them yet, so maybe they'll go up on the list later.