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For those of you who are interested in learning more about economics, the vision of our Founding Fathers, the problem of government involvement in the lives of the citizenry and liberty, I recommend the following books:
The FairTax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder
The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes (NEW!)
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Making of Modern Economics by Mark Skousen
Vindicating the Founders by Thomas G. West
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Give me a Break by John Stossel
The Commanding Heights by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw
Your Money or Your Life by Sheldon Richman
The Triumph of Liberty by Jim Powell
FDR's Folly by Jim Powell
The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek
The Libertarian Reader by David Boaz
Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman
Locke, Jefferson and the Justices by George M. Stephens
Empire Builders by Burton Fulsom
The Myth of the Robber Barrons by Burton Fulsom
Eat the Rich by P.J. O'Rourke
The Farm Fiasco by James Bovard
Lost Rights by James Bovard
Terrorism and Tyranny by James Bovard
An American Life by Ronald Reagan
Reagan's War by Peter Schweizer
The Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell
Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell
The City on a Hill by Michael Reagan
The Ten Things You Can't Say in America by Larry Elder
More Liberty Means Less Government, Our Founders Knew this Well by Walter E. Williams
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Education and Capitalism by Herbert J. Walberg and Joseph L. Bast
Eco-nomics by Richard L. Stroup
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
I am particularly fond of the classic work on the issue of liberty and socialism by Frederic Bastiat. Bastiat was a renowned economist and defender of humanity's God-given right to liberty. The Law is less than 80 pages long but is a wonderful place to start if you are searching for the truth.