Given the fairly large slowdown in the way of current events (domestically and politically anyway… Israel is a big deal but not exactly my personal intellectual forte), especially as the country gears up for Jan. 20th, I have spent most of my time reading (and buying) a selection of books that have been recommended to me by various reliable sources. Given our current economic issues, I’m especially looking to strengthen my knowledge of free markets, capitalism, socialism, and economics in general, so most are of that slant. Here’s my current list, in case you would like to do the same.

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes

The Constitution of Liberty and The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek.

Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman

Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Michael Novak

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes

Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism by Ronald J. Pestritto

Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Harry Jaffa

Human Action by Ludwig von Mises

Liberty versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays by Walter E. Williams

Happy educating everyone!