I asked David Gordon, possibly the most well-read person I’ve ever met, what books he thought libertarians should read. The result was this engaging discussion!
About the Guest
David Gordon holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from UCLA, and is a senior fellow of the Mises Institute.
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Books Recommended
John T. Flynn, The Road Ahead: America’s Creeping Revolution (PDF version here)
Harry Elmer Barnes, The Genesis of the World War
Murray N. Rothbard, Power and Market
Ludwig von Mises, Planning for Freedom
Eric Voegelin, The New Science of Politics: An Introduction
Other Books Discussed
John T. Flynn, The Roosevelt Myth
Shawn Ritenour, ed., The Mises Reader (Unabridged) (epub and PDF here)
T. Hunt Tooley, The Great War: Western Front and Home Front
Guest’s Books (Selected)
The Essential Rothbard
Resurrecting Marx: The Analytical Marxists on Freedom, Exploitation, and Justice
Previous Appearances
Ep. 875 Taxation Isn’t Theft Because It’s Not Your Money
Ep. 695 Thomas Sowell, Robert Nozick, and Richard Epstein: The Good and Bad in Three Fellow Travelers
Ep. 407 Marxism and Its Fallacies
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