Ron Paul Reading List?

[NoOneButPaul]

Is there a list out there of recommended books?

I read "The Law" after Dr. Paul talked about it on Huckabee's forum, I wonder what else he would suggest?

[TurkishMarch]

Here's a start. He has recommended readings at the end of some (all?) of his books.

Reading list from 'End the Fed' (http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/rp-reading-list.html)
Mises Institute (http://mises.org)
Tom Wood's Learn Austrian Economics list (http://www.tomwoods.com/learn-austrian-economics/).

I strongly recommend 'Economics in One Lesson'. You can find a free pdf on mises.org.

[sailingaway]

There is a list at campaignforliberty.org

[BuddyRey]

I think I read a quote where Ron said that all of Lysander Spooner's writings are worthy of study. Totally agree with that.

[jolynna]

I consider both of these books MUST READS...

http://www.amazon.com/How-You-Kill-Million-People/dp/0849948355/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332189188&sr=1-1

This book changed my life.

It is deep and makes you think but it doesn't try to promote or push anything. It is powerfully written. But, so simple that it can be read in 30 minutes.

It is non-partisan and does NOT mention ANY party, or political person. BUT, it is about POLITICS, and you can't read it and NOT THINK about what is going on NOW in our very own nation.

Reading the above book led to this one: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-1945
http://www.amazon.com/They-Thought-Were-Free-Germans/dp/0226511928/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332191594&sr=1-1

A good explanation, told through interviews of average German citizens, of how a people can be conned by their government into doing (or perhaps lazily accepting) their bidding.

The author and his liberal elite friends did NOT speak out because they were afraid of being considered crazy, by their peers. While average citizens sat around waiting for something really bad to happen - a step too far that would galvanize them to resist - little by little, step by step, freedoms were undermined. No small step was ever much worse than the prior. There never was any BIG step to lead the people to say it had to stop.

UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

[noneedtoaggress]

Ron recommends this in Liberty Defined.

For A New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard

http://mises.org/store/Assets/ProductImages/B592.jpg
(http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp)

Probably my favorite that RP led me to because it had a pretty profound effect on me (and most of the people I've shared it with) at the time. If you want to know what the liberty movement is ultimately all about there you go. :D

The Law and No Treason were great too.

[BuddyRey]

For A New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard
http://mises.org/store/Assets/ProductImages/B592.jpg
(http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp)


Absolutely loved that book! Recommendation seconded!

[rpwi]

Ron Paul is a strong disciple of Austrian Economics...and seems to especially a fan of Murray N. Rothbard (my personal favorite Austrian).

Mises.org has a nice literature section at:

http://mises.org/Literature

Where you can browse books by author or category and read many 'Austrian' works for free by either embed text or linked PDF.

Personally, one of my favorite subjects is monetary history. I know Ron specifically recommends: "What Has Government Done to Our Money?"

http://mises.org/money.asp (free online read)

But I personally prefer Rothbard's sister volume: 'History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II'

http://mises.org/document/1022/History-of-Money-and-Banking-in-the-United-States-The-Colonial-Era-to-World-War-II (free PDF)

Which goes into much more depth than the other book. Fascinating stuff IMO...the type of stuff you won't learn in a history class :)