{"id":19176,"date":"2011-12-03T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oooorgle.com\/BeyondTheCorral\/?p=19176"},"modified":"2016-12-03T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T15:41:33","slug":"an-introduction-to-economic-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oooorgle.com\/BeyondTheCorral\/an-introduction-to-economic-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction To Economic Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"TomWoods.com<\/a> | These books, all relatively short and available online or for purchase, are an excellent starting point for an education in sound economics.<\/p>\n

**Economics in One Lesson<\/a><\/em> by Henry Hazlitt; online here<\/a> and\u00a0here (.pdf)<\/a>
\nEssentials of Economics<\/em><\/a> by Faustino Ballve; online here (.pdf)<\/a>
\nAn Introduction to Austrian Economics<\/a><\/em> by Thomas C. Taylor; online here<\/a> and here (.pdf)<\/a>
\nLessons for the Young Economist<\/em><\/a> (for younger readers) by Robert P. Murphy; online here<\/a>, here (.pdf)<\/a> and here (ebook)<\/a><\/p>\n

Another easy-to-understand\u00a0introduction to economic reasoning is Peter Schiff\u2019s book\u00a0How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

A useful companion to Hazlitt\u2019s Economics in One Lesson<\/em> is this series of videos<\/a>, recorded in July-August 2008, in which various professors comment on each of the book\u2019s chapters \u2013 explaining the argument, elaborating on it, and applying it to present conditions.<\/p>\n


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There are 12 videos in this playlist
\nVideo 1: The Lesson
\nVideo 2: The Broken Window
\nVideo 3: Public Works Mean Taxes
\nVideo 4: Credit Diverts Production
\nVideo 5: The Curse of Machinery
\nVideo 6: Disbanding Troops and Bureaucrats
\nVideo 7: Who\u2019s Protected by Tariffs?
\nVideo 8: \u201cParity\u201d Prices
\nVideo 9: How the Price System Works
\nVideo 10: Minimum Wage Laws
\nVideo 11: The Function of Profits
\nVideo 12: The Assault on Saving
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