Things to read:
I should be getting one of these soon, electronic ink and ebooks are a technology I’ve been looking forward to for a long time.
So I’m on the lookout for ebooks to read.
At the moment there’s a few I have in mind. One must read will be Community Politics in Theory and Practice. mises.org has a lot of interesting looking books and articles, although far too many for me to read all of them. Even more can be found at The Online Library of Liberty which has copies of many many books and pamphlets, including those of great liberals of the past like Lord Acton and Richard Cobden plus many less well known writings.
Of course, those think tanks which publish their work online provide even more material.
I’ve also just come across the Archive of the History of Economic Thought which has a pdf of L.T. Hobhouse’s ‘Liberalism’ amongst much else.
Anyone have any other ideas?
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November 17th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
You need some fiction down you, Guv. I suggest (for starters) Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Ludwig von Mises Institute has of course some articles and books of Ludwig von Mises online. However, despite it’s name, the institute has little else to do with Mises himself and more with his student Murray Rothbard.
Mises supported a nightwatchman-state, Rothbard and the institute support anarcho-capitalism. Mises was a utilitarian, Rothbard and the institute are for (sort of) natural justice. Etc…
Ludwig von Mises himself was involved with Foundation for Economic Education, which still advocates similar views to his. Ludwig von Mises Institute just exploits his name.
A more interesting source of articles is the Cato Institute.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Community Politics is surprisingly good. If you’re looking for liberal thought then I’d recommend anything by Hayek. A slightly more interesting read might be ‘The Society of the Spectacle’ by Guy Debord; on the face of it, it’s a book which promotes a socialist perspective, but it’s very interesting if somewhat hard going at first. It’s also a very influential book and may well change how you see the modern media age.
As an aside, I commend you on your musical taste! (The Dresden Dolls, according to your ‘Recent music’ block).
November 20th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Julian:
I have an inkling I’m getting some more childrens fiction to read today (my wife and I have a not-so-secret love for lots of it…)
I’m also hoping to pick up some good sci-fi in the US.
I will be buying a bit for my e-reader too.
Anonymous:
I know that. I want to read some Rothbard to see what he was actually on about.
My problem at the moment is finding things more on the mutualist side of libertarianism.
Cato was on my list to look at, and I’ll add the FEE.
Rob:
I’ve read The Road To Serfdom and The Intellectual and Socialism. I’ve got a copy of The Constitution of Liberty at my parents which will get read hopefully.
The Dresden Dolls was actually my wife listening to my music, but they are great.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!