I couldn’t resist asking Gene Epstein, who was once book review editor for Barron’s, to share with us and discuss some of the books that have shaped his thinking as a libertarian, so here we go!
Gene’s Recommended Books (Mentioned and Not Mentioned)
How Children Fail, by John Holt
Growing Without Schooling, by John Holt
Growing Up Absurd, by Paul Goodman
The Case Against Education, by Bryan Caplan
American Power and the New Mandarins, by Noam Chomsky
In Defense of Anarchism, by Robert Paul Wolff
The Poverty of Liberalism, by Robert Paul Wolff
Man, Economy and State, by Murray Rothbard
Economic Controversies, by Murray Rothbard
For a New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard
Anarchy, State and Utopia, by Robert Nozick
Losing Ground, by Charles Murray
What It Means to Be a Libertarian, by Charles Murray
Coming Apart, by Charles Murray
Knowledge and Decisions, by Thomas Sowell
The Economics and Politics of Race, by Thomas Sowell
The Quest for Cosmic Justice, by Thomas Sowell
Please Stop Helping Us, by Jason Riley
Pictures of the Socialistic Future, by Eugene Richter
National Economic Planning: What Is Left, by Don Lavoie
Why Government Fails So Often (and How It Can Do Better), by Peter Schuck
Additional Book Mentioned
A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell
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