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2001-12-14 Thread LE ROUX P
Julian Simon's The Ultimate Resource David Friedman's The machinery of freedom Roger Garrison's Time and Money Pierre le Roux Sub-Head Dept Economics, P/bag x613, Vista University, Port Elizabeth 6000 South Africa office 041 4083145 CELL 0822024819 FAX 041 4641563 ___ Virus s

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2001-12-13 Thread jsamples
  "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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2001-12-12 Thread Technotranscendence
My favorite economics books are: Kevin Dowd's _Competition and Finance_ Henry Hazlit's _Economics in One Lesson_ Stephen Horwitz _Microfoundations and Macroeconomics_ Ludwig Lachmann's _Capital and Its Structure_ George A. Selgin's _The Theory of Free Banking_ I'm now

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2001-12-12 Thread Sagewhys
>>This discussion of favorite books is straying too far out of economics. If your favorite books have nothing to do with economics, please take the discussion off-list.  Thanks.>> My apologies -- I had lost track of where the request for book suggestions had originated,

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2001-12-12 Thread Bryan Caplan
This discussion of favorite books is straying too far out of economics. If your favorite books have nothing to do with economics, please take the discussion off-list. Thanks. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason

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2001-12-12 Thread Sagewhys
cially 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 ca

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2001-12-12 Thread Mark D Isaacs
Microeconomics, Fourth Edition.  David C. Colander.  Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2001. Basic Economics.  Thomas Sowell.  New York: Basic Books, 2001.  The Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith, 1776. Progress and Poverty.  Henry George.  Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

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2001-12-12 Thread Ole J. Rogeberg
ars 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

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2001-12-11 Thread david friedman
>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 is by >William Riordan. Sorry if I was unclear. The two sentence

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2001-12-11 Thread Anton Sherwood
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 is by William Riordan. -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/

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2001-12-11 Thread david friedman
Title: Re: books 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

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2001-12-10 Thread WallaceThomas
You've probably already read it but: Milton Friedman - Capitalism and Freedom L. Mises - Lectures on Capitalism

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2001-12-10 Thread Eric M. McDaniel
nical 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

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2001-12-10 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
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, Legislati

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2001-12-10 Thread William
> 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_1/103-8358081-2675

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2001-12-10 Thread Jason DeBacker
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