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  • Democracy in America – Tocqueville
  • The Road To Serfdom – F. A. Hayek
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  • Socialism – Ludwig von Mises
  • Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy – Joseph Schumpeter
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  • Reading the Right Books – Heritage Foundation
  • Economics In One Lesson – Henry Haizlett
  • The Humane Economy – Wilhelm Roepke
  • Two Cheers For Capitalism – Irving Kristol
  • The American Cause – Russell Kirk
  • A Genius Reconsidered – Russell Kirk
  • The Good Society – Walter Lipmann
  • Land of Hope – Wilfred McClay

The Old Classics:

  • The Dialogues – Plato
  • The Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle
  • The Politics  –  Aristotle
  • Selected writings – Cicero
  • Selected writings – Plato

Early Modern Classics:

  • The Prince – Machiavelli
  • The Wealth Of Nations – Adam Smith
  • The Theory Of Moral Sentiments – Adam Smith
  • The Spirit Of Laws – Montesquieu
  • On Liberty – John Stuart Mill
  • Two Treatises On Government – John Locke
  • A Treatise Of Human Nature – David Hume  1739
  • Democracy In America – Alexi de Tocqueville
  • The Law – Frederic Bastiat
  • Capital – Karl Marx
  • Reflections on the Revolution in France – Edmund Burke
  • Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes  1651
  • The Federalist Papers – Hamilton, Madison and Jay
  • The US Constitution
  • The Declaration of Independence – Thomas Jefferson 1776

Twentieth Century Classics:

  • The Road To Serfdom – F. A. Hayek
  • The Constitution of Liberty – F. A. Hayek
  • Socialism – Ludwig von Mises
  • Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy – Joseph Schumpeter
  • Capitalism and Freedom – Milton Friedman
  • The Good Society – Walter Lipmann
  • Losing Ground – Charles Murray
  • The Closing of the American Mind – Alan Bloom
  • 1984 – George Orwell

Other Important Political Philosophers:

  • David Ricardo
  • Jean Baptiste Say
  • Walter Bagehot 
  • Algernon Sidney 
  • Herbert Spencer 
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
  • Immanuel Kant
  • James Buchanan

 

Reading the Right Books

Principles of Government · October 7, 2020 ·

Books contain the ideas, make the arguments, and preserve the history necessary for the maintenance and perpetuation of liberty. Reading the Right Books is a practical list of thoughtful and accessible books — not the “classics” but solidly good books — recommended to provide a general framework around which the reader can build a firmer… Read More

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