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Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“Or I'm sure, you know, Matt Ridley, one of my favorite books since the last time we talked is How Innovation Works. And Ridley has this fantastic phrase. He says, innovation is the child of freedom and the parent of prosperity...”
How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
“So first, in the meta issue, this is his book on the conflict of visions, basically, right? You know, the one is the idea that you see things bottom up. The other ones that you have to sort of stand outside and plan from the top down.”
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
“At the very end of his book, Knowledge and Decisions, which I think is doesn't get talked enough about. He has one of the best paragraphs I've ever read.”
Why: It features some of the best paragraphs ever written about human freedom and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Knowledge and Decisions by Thomas Sowell
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
Their own books, or books they discussed with the author. Not counted as recommendations.
“And just as an add to you, I think you have this book on the price system called Price of Everything, and you have a wonderful book called Wild Problems, which is actually the world that the people that were building the model of perfect competition...”
Wild Problems by Russ Roberts
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
Named without an opinion attached.
“And he draws on some nuggets of comments that Mises has in his first book, Theory of Money and Credit.”
The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
“And then Mises, in a book about World War I called Nation, State and Economy, he also sort of highlights this problem with war planning.”
Nation, State, and Economy by Ludwig von Mises
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
“Hayek, on the other hand, ends up by writing not only The Road to Serfdom, but then also The Use of Knowledge in Society, but, you know, also essays like The Competitive Solution...”
The Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich A. von Hayek
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)
“Hayek, on the other hand, ends up by writing not only The Road to Serfdom, but then also The Use of Knowledge in Society, but, you know, also essays like The Competitive Solution...”
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. von Hayek
Guest on EconTalkWho Won the Socialist Calculation Debate (with Peter Boettke)