Here is my collection of some of the most important works of Austrian economics, libertarianism, and anarchism. There are books, essays and videos. They are grouped into categories, then listed alphabetically. Click on a category and the list of resources will appear below.
The * symbol denotes written works that I have recorded an audio version of; click it to hear me reading it. The bold ones are my top picks.
Books
Economics - Basic/Intermediate- Callahan, Gene – Economics for Real People (2002)
- Gordon, David – An Introduction to Economic Reasoning (2000)
- Hazlitt, Henry – Economics in One Lesson (1946)
- Murphy, Robert – Lessons for the Young Economist (2011)
- Rothbard, Murray – The Case Against The Fed (1994)
- Schiff, Peter – How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes (2010)
- Woods, Tom – Meltdown (2009)
- Menger, Carl – Principles of Economics (1871)
- Mises, Ludwig von – Theory and History (1957)
- Mises, Ludwig von – Human Action (1949)
- Rothbard, Murray – Man, Economy and State (1962)
- Rothbard, Murray – Power and Market (1970)
- Block, Walter – Defending the Undefendable (2008)
- Friedman, David – The Machinery of Freedom (1973)
- Hayek, Friedrich – The Road to Serfdom (1944)
- Paul, Ron – The Revolution, A Manifesto (2008)
- Paul, Ron – Liberty Defined (2011)
- Rose, Larken – The Most Dangerous Superstition (2012)
- Rothbard, Murray – For A New Liberty (1973)
- Tannehill, Linda & Morris – The Market for Liberty (1970)
- Benson, Bruce – The Enterprise of Law (1990)
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (1988)
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – Democracy: The God That Failed (2001)
- Mises, Ludwig von – Socialism (1951)
- Oppenheimer, Franz – The State (1926)
- Rothbard, Murray – The Ethics of Liberty (1982)
- Shaffer, Butler – Boundaries of Order (2009)
- Block, Walter – The Privatization of Roads and Highways (2009)
- Boldrin, Michele & Levine, David – Against Intellectual Monopoly (2008)
- Gatto, John Taylor – Dumbing Us Down (1992)
- Hazlitt, Henry – Thinking as a Science (1920)
- Holt, John – Teach Your Own (1981)
- Rothbard, Murray – An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Vol 1: Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (1995)
- Rothbard, Murray – An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Vol 2: Classical Economics (1995)
- Rothbard, Murray – Progressive Era, The (2017) *
Essays
Economics- Ebeling, Richard – The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays (1978)
- Hayek, Friedrich – The Use of Knowledge in Society (1945) *
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – Economic Science and the Austrian Method (1995)
- Mises, Ludwig von – Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth (1920)
- Mises, Ludwig von – Profit & Loss (1951)
- Read, Leonard – I, Pencil (1958)
- Rideau, Francois-Rene – Government and Microsoft: A Libertarian View on Monopolies (2003) *
- Rothbard, Murray – How the Business Cycle Happens (1963)
- Bastiat, Frederic – The Law (1850)
- Hasnas, John – The Obviousness of Anarchy (2010) *
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – Of Private, Common and Public Property (2011) *
- Hulsmann, Guido – Deflation and Liberty (2008) *
- Kinsella, Stephan – Against Intellectual Property (2001)
- Kinsella, Stephan – What Libertarianism Is (2009) *
- Kinsella, Stephan – How We Come To Own Ourselves (2006) *
- La Boetie, Etienne de – The Politics of Obedience (1553)
- Mises, Ludwig von – Liberty and Property (1958) *
- Rothbard, Murray – Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature (1974)
- Rothbard, Murray – Education: Free and Compulsory (1979) *
- Rothbard, Murray – Anatomy of the State (1974) *
- Rothbard, Murray – War, Peace and the State (1963) *
- Hasnas, John – The Myth of the Rule of Law (1995)
- Hasnas, John – The Depoliticization of Law (2008)
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – The Private Production of Defense (1998)
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – The Myth of National Defense (2003)
- Hoppe, Hans Hermann – Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security (1989)
- Long, Roderick – Defending a Free Nation (1994) *
- Long, Roderick – Market Anarchism as Constitutionalism (2010)
- Long, Roderick – Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections (2005)
- Molinari, Gustave De – The Production of Security (1849)
- Murphy, Robert – Chaos Theory (2002)
- Spooner, Lysander – No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority (1867)
- Stringham, Edward – Anarchy and the Law (2007, collection of essays)
Videos
Lecture Courses- Block, Walter – Radical Austrianism, Radical Libertarianism (2005, 10 lectures)
- Cantor, Paul – Commerce and Culture (2006, 10 lectures)
- Gordon, David – The History of Political Philosophy: From Plato to Rothbard (2007, 10 lectures)
- Higgs, Robert – Crisis and Liberty: The Expansion of Government Power in American History (2004, 10 lectures)
- Hoppe, Hans-Hermann – Economy, Society and History (2004, 10 lectures)
- Hoppe, Hans-Hermann & Hulsmann, Guido – Introduction to Austrian Economics (2005, 11 lectures)
- Long, Roderick – Foundations of Libertarian Ethics (2006, 10 lectures)
- Mises Institute – History of Liberty (2004, 25 lectures)
- Mises Institute – Mises Boot Camp (2015, 6 lectures)
- Praxgirl – Introduction to Praxeology (2011, 25 episodes)
- Raico, Ralph – History: The Struggle for Liberty (2004, 10 lectures)
- Salerno, Joseph – Austrian School of Economics: Revisionist History and Contemporary Theory (2005, 10 lectures)
- Salerno, Joseph – Introduction to Austrian Economic Analysis (2006, 10 lectures)
- Common Sense Capitalism – Free to Choose (2010, 10 hour-long episodes)
- Mises Media – Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve (2009, 42 mins)
- Mises Media – The Incredible Bread Machine (2009, 55 mins)
- Jacob Spinney – The State Is Not Great: How Government Poisons Everything (2011, 50 mins)
- Kirby Ferguson – Everything is a Remix (2016, 38 mins)
- Hoppe, Hans-Hermann – State or Private Law Society? (2011, 75 mins)
- Kinsella, Stephan – How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism (2010, 25 mins)
- Schiff, Peter – Why the Meltdown Should Have Surprised No One (2009, 76 mins)
- Tucker, Jeffrey – How to Improve Society (2010, 32 mins)
- Tucker, Jeffrey – Surrounded by the Achievements of Capitalism (2012, 28 mins)
- Tucker, Jeffrey – Technology and Social Change (2009, 31 mins)
- Woods, Tom – Why You’ve Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920 (2009, 49 mins)
- BitButter – George Ought To Help (2010, 4 mins)
- BitButter – Edgar the Exploiter (2012, 7 mins)
- BitButter – You Can Always Leave (2013, 12 mins)
- BitButter (feat. Robert Murphy) – Law without Government (2017, 14 mins)
- ISIL (feat. Man Against The State) – The Philosophy of Liberty (2012, 8 mins)
- Larken Rose – The Tiny Dot (2011, 7 mins)
- Larken Rose – If You Were King (2011, 14 mins)
- Larken Rose – How To Be A Crook (2012, 8 mins)
- Man Against The State – Government Explained (2012, 9 mins)
- YALibertyatUVA (feat. Stefan Molyneux) – Lilliputian Liberty (2010, 3 mins)
- FreiwilligFrei (feat. Larken Rose) – Message to the Voting Cattle (2012, 21 mins)
- Liberty or Death Media (feat. Larken Rose) – Statism: The Most Dangerous Religion (2014, 13 mins)
- Rj Weapon – Spontaneous Order (2010, 4 mins)
- Stateless Liberty (feat. Tom Woods) – The Tale of the Slave – Robert Nozick (2011, 3 mins)
- Stefan Molyneux – The Story of Your Enslavement (2010, 13 mins)
- Stefan Molyneux – The Sunset of the State (2012, 9 mins)
- StormCloudsGathering – The Chain of Obedience (2011, 2 mins)
- Charles Koch Institute – Economic Freedom and Quality of Life (2013, 2 mins)
- Dominic Frisby – Gold: Independent Money (2011, 4 mins) and Fiat Money (2011, 4 mins)
- I, Pencil – I Pencil: The Movie (2012, 7 mins)
- Learn Liberty (feat. Art Carden) – Trade is Made of Win (3 episodes) (2011, 8 mins)
- Learn Liberty (feat. Art Carden) – Economics on One Foot (2011, 2 mins)
- Sam Selikoff – The Broken Window Fallacy (2010, 4 mins)
- V for Voluntary Library – Capitalism in One Lesson (2011, 15 mins)
- eLiberty – Ron Paul: A New Hope (Oct 2007, 9 mins)
- GoRandGo – Ron Paul 2012: Be A Part Of It (Feb 2011, 15 mins)
- Ron Paul 2012 Campaign – RonPaul2012 TV ad “Conviction, Not Compromise!” (Jul 2011, 1 mins)
- Christian Malazarte – Amazing Compilation of People Spreading Liberty: Ron Paul 2012 (Aug 2011, 10 mins)
- Frionelhero – Ron Paul and the six kinds of libertarianism (Sep 2011, 9 mins)
- RonPaulSwag – Vote for Peace – Ron Paul 2012 (Sep 2011, 2 mins)
- TheRevolutionPAC – RevolutionPAC TV ad “Plastic Men” (Sep 2011, 1 mins)
- Honest President – Ron Paul: The Only One We Can Trust (Sep 2011, 10 mins)
- Christian Malazarte – The Awakening of a Generation: Ron Paul 2012 (Sep 2011, 4 mins)
- Man Against The State – Where do Ron Paul’s ideas come from? (Sep 2011, 8 mins)
- TheRevolutionPAC – Armed Chinese Troops in Texas! (Oct 2011, 3 mins)
- TheRevolutionPAC – The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul (Dec 2011, 2 mins)
- Christian Malazarte – Why Hasn’t This Video Gone Viral? (Feb 2012, 7 mins)
- Christian Malazarte – Witness the Power of an Idea (Apr 2012, 2 mins)
- YourLife YourLiberty – Ron Paul Media Bias Compilation Part 1 (Apr 2012, 14 mins)
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