This was the mortal equivalent of Heaven to me at the 2014 ISFLC. |
I also believe in the voluntary exchange of information, especially if it's free. I have compiled this list of free ebooks to help people (like you!) be more easily able to access the knowledge of the universe - aka libertarian. You are very capable of Googling all of this (pretty much like what I did), but I know that most of you were probably too lazy to do so, so you're welcome.
This will be constantly updated, and I know that there are doubles. Feel free to comment with links to more free books.
While a lot of these books, organizations, and authors I don't doubt are reasonable, there are a few I even questioned putting on here. Just remember to intake information with a grain of salt. If the author is a bad person, it does not necessarily make his/her work illegitimate, and vice-versa.
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Economic Sophisms by Frederic Bastiat
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
The Mainspring of Human Progress by Henry Grady Weaver
Marxism Unmasked by Ludwig von Mises
Leviathan at War - Freeman Essay Collection
Cato Institute
A Life of One's Own: Individual Rights and the Welfare State by David Kelley
A New Deal for Social Security by Peter J. Ferrara and Michael D. Tanner
A Search for Enemies: America's Alliances After the Cold War by Ted Galen Carpenter
After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century by Timothy Lynch
America Entangled: The Persian Gulf Crisis and Its Consequences edited by Ted Galen Carpenter
An American Vision: Policies of the '90s by Edward H. Crane and David Boaz
Antitrust Policy: The Case for Repeal by Dominick T. Armentano
Apocalypse Not: Economics, Science and Environmentalism by Ben Bolch and Harold Lyons
Assessing the Reagan Years edited by David Boaz
Balanced Budgets, Fiscal Responsibility, and the Constitution by Richard E. Wagner and Robert D. Tollison
Best of Byline 1986 by the Cato Institute
Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Reassessing the Political Spectrum by William S. Maddox and Stuart A. Lilie
Beyond NATO: Staying Out of Europe's Wars by Ted Galen Carpenter
Beyond the Status Quo: Policy Proposals for America edited by Edward H. Crane and David Boaz
China in the New Millenium: Market Reforms and Social Development by James A. Dorn
Clearing the Air: The Real Story of the War on Air Pollution by Indur M. Goklany
Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming by Thomas Gale Moore
Collective Defense or Strategic Independence: Alternative Strategies for the Future edited by Ted Galen Carpenter
Common Cents, Common Dreams: A Layman's Guide to Social Security Privatization by Peter J. Ferrara and Michael D. Tanner
Competing Visions: The Political Conflict Over America's Economic Future by Richard B. McKenzie
Competition and Finance: A Reinterpretation of Financial and Monetary Economics by Kevin Dowd
Defining Defense: The 1985 Military Budget by Earl C. Ravenal
Delusions of Grandeur: The United Nations and Global Intervention edited by Ted Galen Carpenter
Designing Defense for a New World Order: The Military Budget in 1992 and Beyond by Earl C. Ravenal
Destroying Democracy: How Government Funds Partisan Politics by James T. Bennett and Thomas J. Dilorenzo
Dollars, Deficits, and Trade edited by James A. Dorn and William A. Niskanen
Economic Reform in China: Problems and Prospect edited by James A. Dorn and Wang Xi
Educational Freedom in Eastern Europe by Charles R. Glenn
Energy: Ending the Never-Ending Crisis by Paul Ballonoff
Exiting the Balkan Thicket by Gary T. Dempsey
Failure & Progress: The Bright Side of the Dismal Science by Richard B. Mckenzie
Flag-Burning, Discrimination, and the Right to Do Wrong: Two Debates by Roger Pilon
Forfeiting Our Property Rights: Is Your Property Safe From Seizure by Rep. Henry J. Hyde
Free the Mail: Ending the Postal Monopoly edited by Peter. J. Ferrara
Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism by Edward L. Hudgins
Generosity: Virtue in Society by Tibor R. Machan
Global Fortune: The Stumble and Rise of World Capitalism by Ian Vasquez
Grassroots Tyranny: The Limits of Federalism by Clint Bolick
Haunted Housing: How Toxic Scare Stories are Spooking the Public Out of House and Home by Cassanddra Chrones Moore
Immigration: The Demographic and Economic Facts by Julian L. Simon
Junk Science Judo: Self-Defense Against Health Scares & Scams by Steve J. Milloy
Left, Right, Babyboom: America's New Politics edited by David Boaz
Liberating Schools: Education in the Inner City by David Boaz
Making America Poorer: The Cost of Labor Laws by Morgan O. Reynolds
Market Liberalism: A Paradigm to the 21st Century by Morgan O. Reynolds
Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy by Paul Craig Roberts and Karen Lafollette
National Economic Planning: What is Left? by Don Lavoie
NATO at 40: Confronting a Changing World edited by Edward H. Crane and David Boaz
NATO Enlargement: Illusions and Reality edited by Ted Galen Carpenter
NATO's Empty Victory: A Postmortem on the Balkan War edited by Ted Galen Carpenter and Barbara Conry
Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis by John C. Goodman and Gerald L. Musgrave
Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis (Abridged) by John C. Goodman and Gerald L. Musgrave
Perpetuating Poverty: The World Bank, the IMF, and the Developing World edited by Doug Bandow and Ian Vasquez
Plant Closings: Public or Private Choices edited by Richard B. Mckenzie
Pocket Constitution (Arabic/Bilingual Version) by Roger Pilon
Pocket Constitution (Spanish/Bilingual Version) by Roger Pilon
Porkbarrel: The Unexpurgated Grace Commission Story of Congressional Profligacy by Randall Fitzgerald and Gerald Lipson
Quagmire: America in the Middle East by Leon D. Hadar
Regulators' Revenge: The Future of Telecommunications Deregulation by Tom W. Bell and Solveig Singleton
Renaissance: The Rebirth of Liberty in the Heart of Europe by Vaclav Klaus
Rent Control: The Perennial Folly (Cato Public Policy Research Monograph No. 2) by Charles W. Baird
Scalia vs. Epstein: Two Views on Judicial Activism by Antonin Scalia and Richard Epstein
School Choice: Why You Need It & How You Get It by David Harmer
Science Without Sense: The Risky Business of Public Health Research by Stephen J. Milloy
Silencing Science by Stephen J. Milloy and Michael Gough
Social Security: Averting the Crisis by Peter J. Ferrara
Social Security: Prospects for Real Reform by Peter J. Ferrara
Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction by Peter J. Ferrara
Sound and Fury: The Science and Politics of Global Warming by Patrick J. Michaels
Telecommunications in Crisis: The First Amendment, Technology, and Deregulation by Edwin Diamond, Norman Sandler, and Milton Mueller
Telecompetition: The Free Market Road to the Information Highway by Lawrence D. Gasman
The Affirmative Action Fraud: Can We Restore the American Civil Rights Vision? by Clint Bolick
The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment by Ted Galen Carpenter
The Case for Gold by Rep. Ron Paul and Lewis Lehrman
The Crisis in Drug Prohibition by David Boaz
The End of Welfare: Fighting Poverty in Civil Society by Michael D. Tanner
The Financial Sevices Revolution: Policy Directions for the Future edited by Catherine England and Thomas Huertas
The Future of Money in the Information Age edited by James A. Dorn
The Government Factor: Undermining Journalistic Ethics in the Information Age by Richard D. Kaplar and Patrick D. Maines
The High Cost of Farm Welfare by Clifton Luttrell
The Last Monopoly: Privatizing the Postal Service for the Information Age by Edward L. Hudgins
The New Right v. The Constitution by Stephen Macedo
The Peasant Betrayed: Agriculture and Land Reform in the Third World by John B. Powelson and Richard Stock
The Politics and Laws of Term Limits by Edward H. Crane and Roger Pilon
The Revolution in Development Economics by James A. Dorn, Steve H. Hanke, and Alan Walters
The Rule of Experts: Occupational Licensing in America by S. David Young
The Rule of Law in the Wake of Clinton by Roger Pilon
The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr.
Through Green-Colored Glasses: Environmentalism Reconsidered by Wilfred Beckerman
Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World by Doug Bandow
Underground Government: the Off Budget Public Sector by James T. Bennett and Thomas J. Dilorenzo
Water Markets: Priming the Invisible Pump by Terry L. Anderson and Pamela Snyder
What Has Government Done to Our Healthcare? by Terree B. Wasley
Why Schools Fail by Bruce Goldberg
Zoning, Rent Control and Affordable Housing by William Tucker
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus
FIRE's Guide to Due Process and Fair Procedure on Campus by Harvey Silvergate and Josh Gewolb
FIRE's Guide to Student Fees, Funding, and Legal Equality on Campus by Jordan Lorence
FIRE's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus by David French
FIRE's Guide to First-Year Orientation and Thought Reform on Campus by Jordan Lorence and Harvey Silvergate
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Free to Choose by Milton Friedman
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Libertarian Book Club
Healing Our World by Dr. Mary J. Ruwart
Local Problems, Libertarian Solutions by William D. Burt
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
1984 by George Orwell
Libertarian Essays by Daniel B. Klein
Intellectual Life, Civil Libertarian Issues, and the Student Movement at the University of California by Carl E. ive Schorske
The Revolutionary Movement in Spain by Helmut Rudiger
Students For Liberty (SFL) Handbooks
Leading Liberty: A Comprehensive Guide to Liberating Your Campus
Example Executive Board Handbook
College Students: The Future & The Present
Students For Liberty (SFL) Book Publications
The Economics of Freedom: What Your Professors Won't Tell You
The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won't Tell You edited by Tom G. Palmer
After the Welfare State edited by Tom G. Palmer
Why Liberty by Tom G. Palmer
Peace, Love, & Liberty edited by Tom G. Palmer
Mises Institute
America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard
Education: Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard
Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation by Robert L. Sheuttinger and Eamonn F. Butler
Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition by Ludwig von Mises
Toward a Libertarian Society by Walter Block
On Equality and Inequality (Hebrew Translation) bu Ludwig von Mises
Economics and Public Welfare by Benjamin Anderson
Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science by Lionel Robbins
Castles in the Air by Leonard E. Read
The Great Depression by Lionel Robbins
Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth by Ludwig von Mises
The Gold Standard: Perspectives in the Austrian School by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard
Deflation and Liberty by Jorg Guido Hulsmann
Study Guide to Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Robert P. Murphy
Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property by Butler Shaffer
What Must Be Done by Hans Hermann Hope
Our Enemy, the State by Albert Jay Nock
Fascism versus Capitalism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution by Ludwig von Mises
Lessons for the Young Economist by Robert P. Murphy
Economic Principles by Frank A. Fetter
Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom by John V. Denson
Essentials of Economic Theory by John Bates Clark
An Outline of International Price Theory by Chi-Yuen Wu
Outlook for Freedom by Leonard E. Read
Where Lies this Fault? by Leonard E. Read
Instead of Violence by Leonard E. Read
On Doing the Right Thing by Albert Jay Nock
Two Essay by Ludwig von Mises (Middle of the Road Leads to Socialsm; Liberty and Property) by...do I really need to say it?
Prices and Production by Friedrich A. Hayek
Complete Libertarian Forum (1969-1984) by Murray N. Rothbard
Individualism and Economic Order by Friedrich A. Hayek
Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow by Ludwig von Mises
The Economics of Liberty by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard
Fabian Freeway: High Road to Socialism in the U.S.A. by Rose Martin
Theory of Money and Fiduciary Media by Jorg Guido Hulsmann
Pursue the Cause of Liberty: A Farewell to Congress by Ron Paul
Give Me Liberty by Rose Wilder Lane
Accent on the Right by Leonard E. Read
Awake for Freedom's Sake by Leonard E. Read
Comes the Dawn by Leonard E. Read
Deeper than You Think by Leonard E. Read
Having My Way by Leonard E. Read
Let Freedom Reign by Leonard E. Read
How Do We Know? by Leonard E. Read
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard
have this page bookmarked.. few years reading here for me to do, thanks for sharing! :)
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