9 must-read economics books like The Essential Natural Law (Essential Scholars) by Samuel Gregg

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The Essential Natural Law (Essential Scholars)

By: Samuel Gregg

4.13

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Few ideas have been as influential in the development of moral, political, legal, and economic thou…

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1. Consequences of Ideas

By: R.C. Sproul

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the wo… read more

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  • philosophy

2. What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

By: Roger Penrose , Erwin Schrödinger

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What Is Life? is a 1944 non-fiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schr… read more

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3. The Essential Hayek

By: Donald J. Boudreaux

5.00

Format: 144 pages,

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4. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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5. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

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6. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
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7. Rationality

By: Steven Pinker

3.85

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are … read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
"Everyone wants someone to help but prefers that it not be them."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"If contemporary humans seem irrational, don't blame the hunter-gatherers."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"The press is an availability machine. It serves up anecdotes which feed our impression of what's common in a way that is guaranteed to mislead."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

"Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right."

-Steven Pinker, Rationality

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8. Divini Redemptoris: On Atheistic Communism

By: Pope Pius XI

4.44

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

The 1927 Soviet Secret Police’s official published list of victims whom they put to death (over a p… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
"26. Above all other reality there exists one supreme Being: God, the omnipotent Creator of all things, the all-wise and just Judge of all men. This supreme reality, God, is the absolute condemnation …"

-Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris: On Atheistic Communism

"33. . . . Both men and civil society derive their origin from the Creator, Who has mutually ordained them one to the other. Hence neither can be exempted from their correlative obligations, nor deny …"

-Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris: On Atheistic Communism

"30. Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him when he refuses without reason to do his duty.…"

-Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris: On Atheistic Communism

"18. A third powerful factor in the diffusion of communism is the conspiracy of silence on the part of a large section of the non-Catholic press of the world. We say conspiracy, because it is impossib…"

-Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris: On Atheistic Communism

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9. The Essential Natural Law (Essential Scholars)

By: Samuel Gregg

4.13

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Few ideas have been as influential in the development of moral, political, legal, and economic thou… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • economics
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10. Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future

By: Patrick J. Deneen

3.68

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

From Notre Dame professor and author of Why Liberalism Failed comes a provocative call for replacin… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
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11. The Essential John Locke (Essential Scholars)

By: Eric Mack

4.16

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

No single individual is ever the sole founder of any major stance in political philosophy. Neverthe… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
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12. The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars)

By: Donald J. Boudreaux

4.44

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

James (“Jim”) McGill Buchanan (1919-2013), surely seemed an unlikely prospect for winning a Nobel P… read more

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  • economics
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13. The Essential Adam Smith (Essential Scholars)

By: James R. Otteson

4.36

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Adam Smith (1723–1790) is widely hailed as the founding father of the discipline now known as econo… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
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14. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

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15. The Essential Milton Friedman (Essential Scholars)

By: Steven E. Landsburg

4.36

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

When economists are called “influential,” it usually means they’ve changed the way other economists… read more

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  • economics
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16. The Essential Ronald Coase (Essential Scholars)

By: Lynne Kiesling

4.17

Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition

Ronald Coase (1910-2013) was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His influe… read more

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  • economics
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17. The Essential Enlightenment (Essential Scholars)

By: Douglas J. Den Uyl

4.18

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

The political ideas that fully came together under the name “liberal” in the early nineteenth centu… read more

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  • philosophy
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18. The Essential UCLA School of Economics (Essential Scholars)

By: David R. Henderson

4.13

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

The UCLA tradition carries on in the work of dozens of economists who earned their PhDs at UCLA dur… read more

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  • economics
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19. The Essential John Stuart Mill (Essential Scholars)

By: Sandra J. Peart

4.16

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

The oldest of nine children, John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806; he died in France, where he… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
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20. The Essential David Hume (Essential Scholars)

By: James R. Otteson

4.35

Format: 109 pages, Kindle Edition

David Hume (1711–1776) is a towering and intriguing figure. He was the preeminent philosopher in wh… read more

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  • philosophy
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21. The Essential Women of Liberty (Essential Scholars)

By: Fraser Institute

4.26

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

The thinkers discussed in this volume are a remarkably diverse group. They were born in the eightee… read more

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R.C. Sproul

4.33

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Rationality

Steven Pinker

3.85

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Samuel Gregg

4.13

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Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future

Patrick J. Deneen

3.68

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Richard Dawkins

4.01

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

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Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

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Greg Lukianoff

3.93

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