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First published 1988

The Free Market Reader

The Free Market Reader by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
First published
1988
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
402
ISBN
9781610161213
Publisher
Mises Institute
License
Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.

Markets, trade & industry

Stephan Kinsella says that he has "highly recommended this book for years as one of the best introductions to libertarian/free market thought." Enrico Peppe says it is "straightforward, logical, and fun."

Thank goodness it is back in print! What you will find here are one hundred plus short essays on every topic related to free-market economics, all from the years of the monthly publication of the free market, when Murray Rothbard was writing a regular column. His work all appears here, but so do the writings of many other top thinkers such as Mises, Block, Rockwell, Ron Paul, William Peterson, Lawrence Reed, Richard Ebeling, Hans Hoppe, and many more.

Topics include privatization, socialism around the world, economic history, debt and deficits, fiat money and exchange rates, trade and protectionism, Keynesianism, supply-side economics, and many other topics. It makes for great reading, one essay at a time. It is the sort of book you can dip into and out of very quickly, and gain a great deal of insight as you do.

This book was a top seller when it first went to print. It is back in print, and retains all its original fire and prescience.

Questions

About this book and this copy

Is The Free Market Reader free to download?
Yes. The complete 402-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (16.6 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is The Free Market Reader?
402 pages, 18 chapters, and about 112,178 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is The Free Market Reader in the public domain?
No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote The Free Market Reader?
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. is founder and chairman of the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and editor of LewRockwell.com. This archive holds 10 of Jr.'s works.

What's in it

10 chapters · 112,178 words · page numbers are this file's

  1. Introductionp. 14
  2. Part 1. Fundamentalsp. 20
  3. Part 2. Fiat Money and the Gold Standardp. 76
  4. Part 3. Free Trade and Protectionismp. 124
  5. Part 4. Great Economistsp. 164
  6. Part 5. Socialismp. 224
  7. Part 6. Privatization vs. Government Owndershipp. 258
  8. Part 7. Budgets, Taxes, Bureaucracy and Interventionismp. 292
  9. Part 8. Reaganomicsp. 340
  10. About the Contributorsp. 392
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