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Foundation for Economic Education - Freedom's Library

Marxism Unmasked: From Delusion to Destruction (HTML 391 KB PDF 867 KB)
By Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, Vol. 2
Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling
In the summer of 1952, the internationally renowned Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises delivered these lectures at the San Francisco Public Library. Topics discussed include the fallacies associated with dialectical materialism and class warfare; the benefits of saving, investment and the profit and loss system; behaviorist attempts to "improve" mankind; and the marriage between capitalism and human betterment.

The Free market and Its Enemies (HTML 526 KB PDF 3 MB)
By Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, Vol.1
Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling
These lectures delivered at FEE in 1951 offer a glimpse of Mises the teacher. Topics discussed include the crucial distinction between natural and social sciences; the fallacies of Marxism; the disastrous effects of inflation on the economy; the necessity of a stable monetary system backed by the gold standard; and the relationship between capitalism and human progress.

Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem (HTML 96 KB PDF 570 KB)
By Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler
Published over fifty years ago, near the beginning of both Milton Friedman's career and FEE itself, this essay on rent control, placed here in his memory, offers a classic example of Milton Friedman's incisive insight into economics and the foundations of the freedom philosophy. On November 16, 2006, Milton Friedman passed away at the age of 94. He will be missed.

Anything That's Peaceful (HTML 903 KB PDF 10 MB)
By Leonard E. Read
In this timely classic Read explains the miracle of the free market and the wonders of peaceful cooperation of individuals in a free society. This work captures the philosophy of freedom that FEE strives to advance.

Cogitations (HTML 454 KB PDF 4 MB)
By Albert Jay Nock
This book is a collection of quotations gleaned from the works of a great American individualist, Albert Jay Nock. You will find this work to be a delightful and stimulating introduction to Nock's wit and wisdom.

Critique of Interventionism (HTML 969 KB PDF 7 MB)
By Ludwig von Mises
The economic principles that Mises expounded in these six essays during the 1920s have endured the test of time. The names and places have changed, but the same tired statist notions prevail. Mises's incisive criticisms are as pertinent for Americans today as they were for the Germans of the Weimar republic.

Economics in One Lesson (HTML 512 KB PDF 8 MB)
By Henry Hazlitt
This primer on economic principles brilliantly analyzes the seen and unseen consequences of political and economic actions. In the words of F.A. Hayek, there is "no other modern book from which the intelligent layman can learn so much about the basic truths of economics in so short a time."

The Farm Problem (HTML 597 KB PDF 12 MB)
Edited by Paul L. Poirot
This anthology includes writings by John Chamberlain, Edmund A. Opitz, Grover Cleveland, W.M. Curtiss, Clarence Carson, and E.C. Pasour Jr., among others. After more than 70 years of government intervention, these damaging policies continue to plague American agriculture. The resulting distortion of the price system and an unconscionable tax burden can only be eliminated by a return to the free market.

The Freedom Philosophy (HTML 456 KB PDF 7 MB)
Edited by Paul L. Poirot
This anthology includes 14 essays on the political, economic, and moral foundations of a free society. These classic writings by Leonard E. Read, Frank Chodorov, Benjamin Rogge, F. A. Harper, among others, demonstrate the superiority of individual choice and capitalism over any forms of collectivism.

I, Pencil (HTML 47 KB PDF 167 KB)
By Leonard E. Read
Introduction by Richard. M. Ebeling
Afterword by Milton Friedman
Hundreds of thousands of Americans of all ages continue to enjoy this simple and beautiful explanation of the miracle of the "invisible hand" by following the production of an ordinary pencil. Read shows that none of us knows enough to plan the creative actions and decisions of others.

Interventionism: An Economic Analysis (HTML 463 KB PDF 720 KB)
By Ludwig von Mises
In this work Mises explains, clearly and thoroughly, that all forms of government intervention in business create artificial scarcity, inflation, and price and market distortions. This analysis provides a rare insight into the political consequences resulting from state regulation of the market place.

The Law (HTML 320 KB PDF 343 KB)
By Frédéric Bastiat
The Law has been acclaimed for more than a century as the classic moral defense of individual liberty and limited government. Here is the timeless message of immutable principle - in the immortal words of one of history's most courageous thinkers and brilliant writers.

Liberty: A Path to Its Recovery (HTML 646 KB PDF 692 KB)
By F.A. Harper
F.A. Harper places private property and economic liberty at the very heart of freedom. He attempts to measure how much economic liberty we have lost and presents a blueprint for regaining freedom.

Not Yours to Give (HTML 38 KB PDF 58 MB)
By Colonel David Crockett
The famous American hero Davy Crokett, who died at the Alamo, colorfully articulates why government has neither the right nor the wisdom to take what others have produced and redistribute it to a politically privileged few in the name of charity.

Pattern for Revolt ([ HTML-N/A] KB PDF 2 MB)
By Leonard E. Read
Here, in a collection of imagined political speeches, Read offers a vision of a true uncompromising classical liberal who has been nominated and then elected the president of the United States.

Planned Chaos (HTML 369 KB PDF 4 MB)
By Ludwig von Mises
Government interventionism, under various enticing labels, endangers voluntary society, the market economy, and constitutionally limited government. Mises explains the errors of those who believe that a system based on individual freedom can be "mixed" with socialism and collectivism.

The Tariff Idea ([ HTML-N/A] KB PDF 3 MB)
By W. M. Curtiss
This monograph examines the many persistent fallacies of trade protectionism and explains the vast benefits of free trade.

A Moral Basis for Liberty (HTML 223 KB PDF 223 KB)
By Robert Sirico
From the late Scholastics to eighteenth-century political economists, classical liberal thinkers have always emphasized the morality of the market. In this brief work Father Sirico explores the vital linkage between faith and freedom.

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