/liberty/ - Liberty

I listened to it as an audiobook on Youtube a while back, not sure if that was the latest edition or not. If you read a lot of Libertarian and economic literature already I don't think you'll get much out of it, though, unless you really just like Sowell.

>>73054

I read, but not very heavily. I have a passing understand of econ (as in, I can make arguments online) but it's not my profession nor my particular interest up until now. I read "for a new liberty", it convinced me and I went back to the lit I'm usually interested, but for the [upcoming] new year I want to really un-brainlet myself. That's why I'm looking for this as a starter.

Here it is in epub:

https://a.doko.moe/wkpppu.epub

>>73051

It's more of a defense of free markets. You won't learn much economics out of it. I suggest Menger's Principles and Human Action.

>>73094

Excellent, thanks anon!

>>73094

>>73062

Thank you both very much! If you ever find a link to an ebook, article by someone significant within the movement, pdf or resource that's hard to find it (you wouldn't find it on Mises or via a google search) then just post it here.

>>73069

I think the real benefit of Sowell's Basic Economics, is the large amount of historical examples he gives throughout. This is a book for a layman, who basically wants to understand enough economics to decipher what politicians and the media try to bluff to the average joe. In a strange way, I don't think Sowell set out to create a defense for the free market, so much as he set to allow history to speak for itself, especially as to show what happens when one tries to constrain markets. The funny thing is that many leftists will ignore this work, mainly because they think it is biased, but also because history is not kind to them, and this book shows that history. Sowell was also a socialist economist before working for the government. It's amazing how doing that will make a man question his ideology.

>>73127

He questioned it because the theory itself was inconsistent not just logically, but mathematically as well, and he was not given answers why it was so. Then he looked at all the other government employees and realized that they knew, but didn't really care. It's not really that amazing as long as you can still tell 2 and 2 doesn't equal 5.

>>73056

Honestly, if you really just want to unbrainlet yourself just fucking go all in and read Human Action. It's a long book and it's dense but it eases you in with taking economics one little point at a time and by the end of it you're really getting into proper economics with all the fun stuff like subjective theory of value, the effects of interests rates with regards to the economy, the importance of profit and loss, and so much more. Let me tell you, your internet arguing will also be so much more convincing. Sometimes I pull out my copy of Human Action just to paraphrase it when arguing with someone.

If you read an hour a day it'll take about a month and a half, give or take, and once you're done you can pat yourself on the back because you're an honorary brainlet for just having the discipline to finish it for many have tried and many failed. But I speak for all of us when I say that we believe in you, anon.

>>73458

This right here. It wasn't my first read, but I started it relatively early, and damn was it worth it. It's long, but every single sentence is gold. There's no padding whatsoever.

Anarchy has no economic system

>>73480

fuck off, I will refute you every time

anarchy dosnt adhere to some rule about its economics, but it DOES have economics as far as it describes human interaction for the purpose of value

there is a heavily guarded but very valuable treasure, is it worth risking your life for? will you be able to sell it? can you pay someone else to steal it and still turn a profit? would you turn a profit just trading for it? these are all questions revolving around economics within an anarchy

>>73483

We will not obey any economic system

>>73480

>Anarchy has no economic system

So what? What does that have to do with this board? Go over to >>>/anarchy/ if you want to proclaim the joys of anarchy. At this point you are doing nothing more than spamming the board with shitposts. You seek no debate or to even have reasonable discourse. In my opinion you should be banned because you add nothing to any discussion and only stall and derail every thread you post in.

>>73520

Don't tell me what to do

>>73102

http://dailysignal.com/2017/09/20/black-family-struggling-not-slavery/

This is a good article by Walter Williams, good friends with Thomas Sowell, also fellow Negro, not exactly about economics though