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319 authors, from Frédéric Bastiat to Murray Rothbard. Browse their books and recorded lectures in the archive.
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Foundations of Austrian economics and liberty
Founders, precursors, and defining libertarian writers represented by primary texts in the archive.
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
1851–1914
9 books
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851–1914) was an Austrian economist, professor at the University of Vienna, and…
Friedrich von Wieser
1851–1926
2 books
Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926) was an Austrian economist who studied law at the University of Vienna before…
Ludwig von Mises
1881–1973
53 books · 94 lectures
Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian School of economics and a prolific…
Friedrich A. Hayek
1899–1992
21 books · 7 lectures
Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992) was an Austrian-British economist and one of the most influential…
Murray N. Rothbard
1926–1995
95 books · 752 lectures
Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) was an American economist, economic historian, and libertarian political…
Israel M. Kirzner
b. 1930
7 books · 1 lecture
Israel M. Kirzner (born 1930) is an Austrian-American economist born in London who studied under Ludwig von…
Jean-Baptiste Say
1767–1832
2 books
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) was a leading French political economist of the early 19th century.
Frédéric Bastiat
1801–1850
4 books · 1 lecture
Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) was a French economist, legislator, and writer who championed private…
Herbert Spencer
1820–1903
5 books · 7 lectures
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) was one of the leading 19th-century English radical individualists.
Henry Hazlitt
b. 1894
20 books · 33 lectures
Henry Hazlitt (born 1894) was a well-known journalist who wrote on economic affairs for the New York Times…
Lysander Spooner
1808–1887
1 book · 20 lectures
Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) was an American individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and legal theorist.
Albert Jay Nock
1870–1945
10 books · 8 lectures
Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) was an influential American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social…
Isabel Paterson
1886–1961
2 books
Isabel Paterson (1886–1961) was a journalist, author, political philosopher, and literary critic.
Rose Wilder Lane
1886–1968
2 books
Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and novelist.
Leonard E. Read
1898–1983
39 books
Leonard E. Read (1898–1983) was an American founder and president of the Foundation for Economic Education…
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