Essential Readings
These foundational texts explore the principles of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.
Man, Economy, and State
By Murray Rothbard
A comprehensive treatise on economic theory and the principles of free market economics and individual liberty.
For the New Intellectual
By Ayn Rand
A collection of essays presenting the moral justification for capitalism and the virtue of rational self-interest.
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
By Leonard Peikoff
A systematic exposition of Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism, covering metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and politics.
Democracy: The God That Failed
By Hans-Hermann Hoppe
An examination of the economics and politics of monarchy, democracy, and natural order, offering a critique of democratic governance.
The Law
By Frédéric Bastiat
A foundational work exploring the proper role of law in society and the protection of individual rights against government overreach.
I, Pencil
By Leonard E. Read
A classic essay demonstrating the impossibility of one person making a pencil, proving the need for free and unhampered markets to make the world go round.
Economics in One Lesson
By Henry Hazlitt
The shortest and surest way to understand basic free-market economics.