Top Five Libertarian Books

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Dr. Stephen Davies describes the difficulty in selecting the top five libertarian books, and therefore, decides to select two books for his first book recommendation. Below are his recommendations:

1) On Liberty by John Stuart Mill: http://bit.ly/oKpioJ & The Sphere and Duties of Government by Wilhelm von Humboldt: http://amzn.to/qnWdxc

2) The Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich Hayek: http://bit.ly/oapE63

3) The Structure of Liberty by Randy Barnett: http://amzn.to/qoprau

4) Norms of Liberty by Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl: http://amzn.to/oAq8Fl

5) Robust Political Economy by Mark Pennington: http://amzn.to/oJATpE

Advance liberty: http://lrnlbty.co/zkD90J

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[pablocoon]

Sorry but Bastiat's the law has got to be in there.

[IntellectualPopulist]

This individual's choices are not "the top five" libertarian books, they are his favorites. When choosing the top several, one should choose the most influential, not one's personal favorites.

1. J.S. Mill on Liberty

2. Capitalism and Freedom

3. Anarchy, State, & Utopia

4. The Constitution of Liberty

5. Atlas Shrugged

[theJMBgamer]

The lack of Frederic Bastiat and Murray N. Rothbard disappoints me.

[philbelanger2]

Well might as well put mine in:

1. Mill's On Liberty

2. Sartre's Existentialism is a Humanism

3. Hayek's The Use Of Knowledge in Society

4. Rothbard's For A New Liberty

5. David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom

[bosshoggett]

I thought Basic Economics from Thomas Sowell was a great read, an the road to serfdom was ok. But the Introduction to Austrian Economics by the Mises institute was a hard slog because it was full of principals but I feel lacked explanation in the real world. I hope it wasn't just me ???? Theres a heap of others too, interestingly The free Market Capitalists survival guide was insightful, and loved anything from John Pugsley.

[cluther1114]

My top 5 are:

1. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

2. How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes by Peter Schiff

3. The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek

4. Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman

5. Free to Choose by Milton Friedman

[MuskratandRatman]

hey kids! wanna write a book on libertarianism? great! all you need is: common sense, regard for personal freed, and a title that has "Liberty" in it.

[ChronJohn91]

No Rothbard??

[ElasticGiraffe]

Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises. <3

[r29]

Also

The Law

A New Liberty

Atlas Shrugged

[allixpeeke]

On history of the movement, the best is Doherty's Radicals for Capitalism. For libertarian fiction, the best is either Rand's Anthem or Orwell's 1984. For economics, clearly Mises's Human Action is the one. For libertarian philosophy, I'd recommend Rothbard's For a New Liberty and Linda & Morris Tannehill's The Market for Liberty. (I also highly recommend checking out Harry Browne's LP speeches.) Finally, for ethics, I'd say Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty. See also Bastiat, Spooner, and Paul.

[CloverfieldMonster95]

@IntellectualPopulist I bought Anarchy, State, & Utopia last night lol