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"An eye for an eye and the whole world is blind" -Gandhi It strikes me that Gandhi was not a very good game theorist. John Samples Cato Institute
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A book that really blew me away when I read it was Hayek's Fatal Conceit. I was disappointed by the road to serfdom and didn't have high expectations for fatal conceit, but the scope of the theory and sheer fun of the huge ideas involved made it a great read. This is some years ago, and I don't know how I'd rate the scientific status of everything in this book, but if you like ideas (and intellectual constructions such as in SF), then this should be on your list. Ole At 11:59 10.12.2001 -0800, you wrote: Would any of you like to share your favorite books- particularly related to economics and/or libertarian philosophy? I am starting a reading list as tommorrow is the last day of any undergraduate work and I should have some time for plenty of reading. So far I have: J.S. Mill- On Liberty Brennan and Lomasky- Democracy and Decision Richard Posner- Economics of Justice David D. Friedman- Law's Order, Hidden Order, Intermediate Price Theory Murray Rothbard- Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, The Ethics of Liberty Jason DeBacker
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My book recommendations are anything by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky (separately -- unless they've written in collaboration and I don't know about it); Lies My Teacher Told Me, by Loewen; the Native Tongue Trilogy, written by feminist linguist and sci-fi author Suzette Elgin-Haden, especially the first in the series, entitled, Native Tongue, but if I could make a plea for you and the others out there to read anything, it would be any of the books authored by and/or about Mumia Abu Jamal. My two favorites are, All Things Censored (the hardback version comes with a CD and you can hear the author's voice, its rich vibrancy won't be forgotten), and Death Blossoms. I appeal to you all to read Mumia's writing at this time. I am the court stenographer who gave the affidavit as to Judge Sabo's statement, as the trial was beginning, that he was going to "help 'em fry the nigger," "'em" being "them," the DA's office. What gave me the courage to do this was having happened quite by accident upon Mumia's writings (the circumstances I give below, as briefly as I can) and knowing that if he is brave enough to write the truth, then I must be, also. In 1998, at the persistance of the judge i worked most often for in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, I returned to work as an official court stenographer in his courtroom. Although that particular judge had always been one I used to say, "when he puts on those robes, I'd put my life, or that of my mother, my child, anyone, in his hands," I found I could no longer say that. He was now running for a political appointment, and things had changed. Though he still tried to be fair and honest, the "political machine" is strong, and witnessing daily the struggle of conscience not only he, but others in the courtroom went (go) through was overwhelming to me, and at lunch I walked the streets aimlessly with tears flowing down my cheeks more often than nought. One day someone shoved a one-page, both-sides typed on paper in my hands. Being a compulsive reader, I read it -- and was immediately filled with a warm comfort. Someone! else knew my thoughts and expressed not only them, but my feelings, in simplistic eloquence. The name at the end of the document, signing as author, was Mumia Abu Jamal. Truly, Terri Maurer-Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them." -Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
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david friedman wrote: Going a good deal further afield, _Plunkett of Tamany Hall_ is a fascinating inside look at how big city political machines worked. Mencken is a lot of fun. Indeed, but i think you'll find that Plunkett of Tammany Hall is by William Riordan. -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/
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Would any of you like to share your favorite books- particularly related to economics and/or libertarian philosophy? I am starting a reading list as tommorrow is the last day of any undergraduate work and I should have some time for plenty of reading. So far I have: J.S. Mill- On Liberty Brennan and Lomasky- Democracy and Decision Richard Posner- Economics of Justice David D. Friedman- Law's Order, Hidden Order, Intermediate Price Theory Murray Rothbard- Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, The Ethics of Liberty Jason DeBacker
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Perhaps cliche, but in a similar law and econ vein, but not quite as technical as Posner, try Richard Epstein, _Simple Rules for a Complex World_. Or the first volume of Buchanan's collected works from Liberty Fund (for those of us, like me, who cannot make it through more technical pieces of his). Eric McDaniel University of Tulsa - Original Message - From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:14 PM Subject: Re: books Would any of you like to share your favorite books- particularly related to economics and/or libertarian philosophy? Three books come to mind: Thomas Sowell, _Knowledge and Decisions_ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465037380/qid=1008007955/sr=8-1/ref= sr_8 _7_1/103-8358081-2675866 Bruce Benson, _The Enterprise of Law_ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0936488301/qid=1008008056/sr=12-5/103 -835 8081-2675866 and Randy Barnett, _The Structure of Liberty_ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198297297/qid=1008008105/sr=12-1/103 -835 8081-2675866 Peace- William Sullivan My jazz rule is: If you can't dance to it, you don't want to know about it. - from _Barcelona_ by Whit Stillman
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:59:59AM -0800, Jason DeBacker wrote: Would any of you like to share your favorite books- particularly related to economics and/or libertarian philosophy? F. Bastiat - Economic Harmonies H. Hazlitt - The Foundations of Morality F.A. Hayek - Law, Legislation and Liberty [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | ReflectionCybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] [ TUNES project for a Free Reflective Computing System | http://tunes.org ] With Information Protectionism, people make money by slowing down the flow of information. With Free Information, people make money by accelerating it.
