I'd also add: "On Socialisim," by Ludwig von Mises.
Like Friedrich Hayek, L. von Mises was one of the famous Austrian economists of his times. And his book critiques socialism.
Liberty Fund Press has a print edition of the English version, as well as a free electronic edition of that same version that one can get from Liberty Fund's own Online Library Of Liberty (it is easily accessible; no account or password or any information at all is needed to create or to give to them).
Always love a good reading list. I wasn’t surprised that Adam Smith didn’t make the cut. If you put one of his books on the list you have to put both of them. Though I might have joined the books together as though they are one book, which in fact they are.
There are many things one can write about you list. Most important, it rejects the sterile miseducation you received at Columbia. Nevertheless, you mistake socialism for authoritarianism – the anti-socialists you cite: Milosz, Koestler, Havel, and Popper do not. So go back and read Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism and continue with Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation. You also may be interested in the works of John Lukacs, especially The Hitler of History as well as a paper you may appreciate, “The Universality of National Socialism (The Mistaken Category of ‘Fascism’), Totalitarian Movements and Political Religion 3.1 (Summer 2002): 107-121. Try to understand the links between populism and totalitarianism. On a personal note, I think Donald Trump’s vulgar populism represent an accelerating decline of the US – a view I find congruent with that of the PRC’s political leadership. Perhaps the “America First” follies of this Pied Piper of Populism are leading America toward a nationalism reminiscent of Huey Long.
The pillars of neoliberalism are here. I have not read any of these. I prefer outcomes of the policies pursued by Reagan, Thatcher and both US democrats and republicans based on Uncle Milton, Hayek et al, rather than using what little time I have left reading these guys (and Rand) to assess neoliberalism's merits. As the author would know from her liberal arts training, just because an argument is logical and well presented, it does not necessarily hold up in practice. The problem with the worship of free markets is that they are not free. Thus the drift, make that the drive, towards vast inequality, polarization and the mess we presently find ourselves in.
I'd also add: "On Socialisim," by Ludwig von Mises.
Like Friedrich Hayek, L. von Mises was one of the famous Austrian economists of his times. And his book critiques socialism.
Liberty Fund Press has a print edition of the English version, as well as a free electronic edition of that same version that one can get from Liberty Fund's own Online Library Of Liberty (it is easily accessible; no account or password or any information at all is needed to create or to give to them).
Always love a good reading list. I wasn’t surprised that Adam Smith didn’t make the cut. If you put one of his books on the list you have to put both of them. Though I might have joined the books together as though they are one book, which in fact they are.
There are many things one can write about you list. Most important, it rejects the sterile miseducation you received at Columbia. Nevertheless, you mistake socialism for authoritarianism – the anti-socialists you cite: Milosz, Koestler, Havel, and Popper do not. So go back and read Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism and continue with Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation. You also may be interested in the works of John Lukacs, especially The Hitler of History as well as a paper you may appreciate, “The Universality of National Socialism (The Mistaken Category of ‘Fascism’), Totalitarian Movements and Political Religion 3.1 (Summer 2002): 107-121. Try to understand the links between populism and totalitarianism. On a personal note, I think Donald Trump’s vulgar populism represent an accelerating decline of the US – a view I find congruent with that of the PRC’s political leadership. Perhaps the “America First” follies of this Pied Piper of Populism are leading America toward a nationalism reminiscent of Huey Long.
The pillars of neoliberalism are here. I have not read any of these. I prefer outcomes of the policies pursued by Reagan, Thatcher and both US democrats and republicans based on Uncle Milton, Hayek et al, rather than using what little time I have left reading these guys (and Rand) to assess neoliberalism's merits. As the author would know from her liberal arts training, just because an argument is logical and well presented, it does not necessarily hold up in practice. The problem with the worship of free markets is that they are not free. Thus the drift, make that the drive, towards vast inequality, polarization and the mess we presently find ourselves in.
Rose Wilder Lane's 1943 book 'The Discovery of Freedom' is also worthwhile. Discussed in my post here:
https://davidfoster273133.substack.com/p/writers-worth-rediscovering-rose