Henry Hazlitt

With over a million copies sold, Economics in One Lesson is an essential guide to the basics of economic theory. A fundamental influence on modern libertarianism, Hazlitt defends capitalism and the free market from economic myths that persist to this day. Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,” which includes Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich (F.A.) Hayek, and others, Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The Freeman magazine, an influential libertarian publication. Hazlitt wrote Economics in One Lesson, his seminal work, in 1946. Concise and instructive, it is also deceptively prescient and far-reaching in its efforts to dissemble economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy. Economic commentators across the political spectrum have credited Hazlitt with foreseeing the collapse of the global economy which occurred more than 50 years after the initial publication of Economics in One Lesson. Hazlitt’s focus on non-governmental solutions, strong — and strongly reasoned — anti-deficit position, and general emphasis on free markets, economic liberty of individuals, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson every bit as relevant and valuable today as it has been since publication.

The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

Economics in One Lesson

Product Description Here is a publishing event: the new Mises Institute edition of the classic book that has taught many millions sound economic thinking. It is a hardbound volume, priced very low thanks to special benefactors, and now available in quantity discounts for distribution to your friends, family, and anyone you meet who needs to understand what economics implies for the society, government, and civilization. Henry Hazlitt wrote this book following his stint at the New York Times as an editorialist. His hope was to reduce the whole teaching of economics to a few principles and explain them in ways that people would never forget. It worked. He relied on some stories by Bastiat and his own impeccable capacity for logical thinking and crystal-clear prose. He was writing under the influence of Mises himself, of course, but he brought his own special gifts to the project. As just one example, this is the book that made the idea of the "broken window fallacy" so famous. What thrills us in particular about this new edition is that it is beautiful, it is hardcover, and it is newly typeset for modern readers. It has a full index. It includes a wonderful foreword by Walter Block. It's the right size, shape, and feel perfect for making this book central to all educational efforts of the future. This is the book to send to reporters, politicians, pastors, political activists, teachers, or anyone else who needs to know. Professor Block explains that it was this book that turned him on to economics as a science. He believes that it is probably the most important economics book ever written in the sense that it offers the greatest hope to educating everyone about the meaning of the science. Written for the non-academic, it has served as the major antidote to fallacies in the popular press, and has appeared in dozens of languages and printings. It's still the quickest way to learn how to think like an economist. And this is why it has been used in the best classrooms more than sixty years. Many writers have since attempted to beat this book as an introduction, but have never succeeded. Hazlitt's book remains the best. Even if you own this book already, or have several past editions, you will want to have this book as your own as a wonderful testament to its place in the world of ideas. In putting this edition together, we chose to work from Hazlitt's own first edition because it contains the core of what is crucial here without later updates that only date the book. As with Mises and Human Action, the author's first instincts were the best ones.

An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies

The Failure of the "New Economics"

"Thinking as a Science" by Henry Hazlitt. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Thinking as a Science

Man Vs. the Welfare State

An excellent volume by an eminent journalist and author which presents a history of inflation, an explanation of its causes, an analysis of the misconceptions and fallacies that prevail about it, the outlook for more of it, and advice regarding what the reader can and cannot do to protect himself or herself against it. The author recognizes the strength of the political forces that continue it, and the urgent need of the re-establishment of an international gold standard. A first-rate analysis for everyone seeking protection against the consequences of inflation. Originally published by Arlington House in 1978.

The Inflation Crisis, and how to Resolve it

Economia Numa Única Lição

The Foundations of Morality

The Way to Will Power

Ekonomija u jednoj lekciji

Fundacja Instytut Ludwiga Von Misesa

Ekonomia w jednej lekcji

L'economia in una lezione. Capire i fondamenti della scienza economica

Ekonomie v jedné lekci

Articles, addresses, and essays, most originally published in The freeman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Hans F. Sennholz -- Tributes. A man for many seasons / Bettina Bien Greaves -- A true polymath / Edmund A. Opitz -- Indefatigable leader / Ludwig von Mises. -- Hazlitt responses. Reflections at 70 -- The art of thinking. -- Of the market order. The ABC of a market economy -- Private ownership: a must -- Rights -- The case for the minimal state -- The sphere of government: Nineteenth-century theories -- How should prices be determined? -- Market prices vs. Communist commands -- The distribution of income. -- The road not taken. The road not taken -- The torrent of laws -- From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984 -- "Planning" vs the free market -- Private property, public purpose -- Keynesianism in a nutshell. -- Of poverty and welfare. Defining poverty -- Why some are poorer -- Should we divide the wealth? -- False remedies for poverty -- Income without work -- On appeasing envy -- The cure for poverty. The story of Negro gains -- The ballooning welfare state -- Welfarism gone wild -- Uruguay: welfare state gone wild -- Foreign investment vs. foreign aid. -- Of truth and vigilance. Why anticapitalism grows -- Can we keep free enterprise? -- The task confronting Libertarians -- The literature of freedom.

The Wisdom of Henry Hazlitt

John Chamberlain

Paul Lewis Poirot

The Freeman

The distinguished economic journalist refutes the theorems found in Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money and cites briefly the contradictions and dangers of his national income approach.

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