The Mises University: Required Readings
The following essays provide a basic understanding necessary for all classes at the Mises University. They are also available in offline versions for students accepted into the program.
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What is Austrian Economics? at Mises.org - An Introduction to Austrian Economics by Thomas Taylor
- Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
- The Philosophical Origins of Austrian Economics by David Gordon
- Social Science and Natural Science by Ludwig von Mises
- Liberty and Property by Ludwig von Mises
- Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism by Ludwig von Mises
- What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard
- Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth by Ludwig von Mises
- Praxeology and Understanding by George Selgin
- The Historical Setting of the Austrian School by Ludwig von Mises
- Mises and the Role of the Economist in Public Policy by Murray N. Rothbard
- The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays by Mises, Hayek, Rothbard, and Haberler
Also in preparation for the Mises University, if you are planning to concentrate on a particular subject area, being familiar with the main writings can be a great benefit.
See the Literature Page for references and links. Additional suggested readings from faculty:
Intellectual Property
Against Intellectual Property by N. Stephan Kinsella
Philosophy
Realism and Abstraction in Economics: Aristotle and Mises versus Friedman by Roderick Long
Health Economics
“About the Canadian and United Kingdom Health Care Systems”
“American Health Care Fascialism” by Tom DiLorenzo, Mises Daily Oct. 23, 2009 at http://mises.org/daily/3793
“What’s Really Wrong with the Healthcare Industry,” by Vijay Boyapati, Mises Daily May 26, 2010 at http://mises.org/daily/4434
“What Soviet Medicine Teaches Us,” by Yuri Maltsev, Mises Daily Aug. 21, 2009 at http://mises.org/daily/3650
Consumer Product Regulation
“What Keeps Us Safe” by Mark Thornton, March 1996 Free Market at http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=193
“The Dangers of Food Safety” by Patrick Weinert, October 1998 Free Market at http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=56
Objections to Capitalism
“Common Objections to Capitalism” by Art Carden, Mises Daily Nov. 3, 2009 at http://mises.org/daily/3771
The Noneconomic Objections to Capitalism,” by Ludwig von Mises, Mises Daily Aug. 5, 2006 at http://mises.org/daily/2223 (excerpted from Part IV of The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality)
“Global Capitalism in Crisis,” by Kamran Mofid, at http://www.transnational.org/SAJT/forum/meet/2002/Mofid_Capitalism.html
“The Free Market Utopia.” http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2000/01/001weinberg.htm.
