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The War of the World
Niall Ferguson
Издател: Penguin Press
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson offers a significant new perspective on the events of the 20th century, recasting the Cold War and the two World Wars as one continuous, racially motivated "Hundred Years' War." Ferguson also examines a central paradox: With its unparalleled advances in science and communications, why was the 20th century the most
The Way to Will-Power
Henry Hazlitt
Издател: Ludwig von Mises Institute
What a thrilling little treasure this is, a completely rediscovered book by Henry Hazlitt from 1922
This is Hazlitt before he became an advocate of the Austrian School, and here he is not writing on economics but personal ethics as informed by ancient principles. But the pre-Austrian in him shines through, because it is an application of the
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Издател: Bantam Classics
"It is symbolic that Adam Smith’s masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independence.
In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened notion that individuals are fully capable of setting and regulating prices for their own goods and services.
The Welfare State: Pensions, Health, and Education
Arthur Seldon
Издател: Liberty Fund
"Volume 6 of The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon examines the failure of state-supported welfare programs to benefit the people most in need of help. The eight articles and one book in this volume encompass almost forty years of criticism of the welfare state.
Seldon argues that the welfare state cannot, in the long run, solve the problem of
The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature
Samuel Pufendorf
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Samuel Pufendorf's seminal work, The Whole Duty of Man, According to the Law of Nature (first published in Latin in 1673), was among the first to suggest a purely conventional basis for natural law. Rejecting scholasticism’s metaphysical theories, Pufendorf found the source of natural law in humanity’s need to cultivate sociability. At the
The Wild Wheel
Garet Garrett
Издател: Ludwig von Mises Institute
No one, but no one, tells the story of the Ford Motor Company like Garet Garrett. He loved machines and technology, and the markets that create and distribute them. He loved the car and its transforming effect on society. And he lived through it all and knows what he is talking about.
Here he sees Henry Ford for the genius that he was, as an
The Wisdom of Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Издател: Liberty Fund
Adam Smith was an eloquent man of considerable philosophical and historical learning. His most incisive and enduring observations are collected here on subjects ranging from political and economic history to morals, art, education, war, and the American colonies. Throughout, notes an admirer in the introduction, "his writing is blessedly free of
The Wisdom of Henry Hazlitt
Hans F. Sennholz
Издател: Foundation for Economic Education
This collection of essays introduces the reader to the economic thought of Henry Hazlitt. The Wisdom of Henry Hazlitt contains essays discussing Hazlitt’s life, philosophy, career, and unwavering defense of the free market.
The World Economy Since the Wars
John Kenneth Galbraith
Издател: Sincalir-Stevenson
This far-reaching analysis by one of the world's leading contemporary economists traces the economic history of the century, from the theories of Marx and Engels to the Wall Street Crash, from Roosevelt's "New Deal" to the recent cycle of boom and bust, from the ideas of Keynes to the signing of the GATT agreement. In particular it shows how the
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