Economics in One Lesson
Henry Hazlitt was a libertarian philosopher, economist, and journalist who lived from 1894 to 1993. He was the Foundation for Economic Education's founding vice president and an early editor of The Freeman magazine, an important libertarian publication. In 1946, Hazlitt published Economics in One Lesson, a seminal text on free market economics that introduced his ideas and those of the so-called Austrian School to the American audience.
Among the best books on economics, Economics in One Lesson, which has sold over a million copies, is a must-have guide to the fundamentals of economic theory. Hazlitt, a major influence on modern libertarianism, defends capitalism and the free market against economic myths that persist to this day.
Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993) was a libertarian philosopher, economist, and journalist who was considered a leading economic thinker of the "Austrian School," which included Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich (F.A.) Hayek, and others. He was the Foundation for Economic Education's founding vice president and an early editor of The Freeman magazine, an influential libertarian publication. In 1946, Hazlitt published his seminal work, Economics in One Lesson. It is concise and instructive, but it is also deceptively prescient and far-reaching in its efforts to dispel economic myths that have become so common that they have almost become a new orthodoxy.
Economic commentators from all political stripes have credited Hazlitt with foreseeing the global economic collapse that occurred more than 50 years after the publication of Economics in One Lesson. Hazlitt's emphasis on non-governmental solutions, strong — and well-reasoned — anti-deficit stance, and general emphasis on free markets, individual economic liberty, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson as relevant and valuable today as it was when it was first published.
Author: Henry Hazlitt
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