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Ayn Rand

Издател: Plume

In her first notes for The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand describes its purpose as “a defense of egoism in its real meaning . . . a new definition of egoism and its living example.” She later states its theme as “individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man’s soul; the psychological motivations and the basic premises that produce

Henry Hazlitt

Издател: Ludwig von Mises Institute

Henry Hazlitt did an incredible thing with this book. He created in a mere 180 pages an anthology of short reviews of 550 books on economics and politics, old and new, from the point of view of an Austro-libertarian. Hazlitt wrote it because he believed in books and ideas, and wanted to share his knowledge as widely as possible. So he takes on

Leonard E. Read

Издател: Foundation for Economic Education

As that French philosopher, Montesquieu, wrote about 200 years ago, "Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free. " How easy it is to confirm this wisdom. Red Russia, for instance, has climates as friendly, soil as fertile, resources as great as the U.S.A. Our plenitude in goods, services, discoveries, inventions,

Hippolyte Taine

Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.

Hippolyte Taine’s The French Revolution, which is written from the viewpoint of conservative French opinion, is a unique and important contribution to revolutionary historiography. Taine condemns the radicals of the French Revolution, unhesitatingly contradicting the rosy, Rousseauesque view of the Revolution.Taine approached the Revolution in

John N. Drobak , John V.C. Nye

Издател: Emerald Group Pub Ltd

The New Institutional Economics incorporates a theory of institutions into economics. It builds upon the fundamental assumptions of scarcity and competition but abandons institutional rationality. Consequently, NIE assumes that individuals make choices based on incomplete information and limited mental capacity, forming institutions to reduce