Monday, March 30, 2009

Reading List in Politics, Economics, and Government

This is a list of written resources and inspirations for libertarians, classical liberals, federalists--anyone who wishes to see freedom and limited government. Please be aware that I have not read everything on this list and am largely going on recommendations--feel free to comment if you feel a work should be included or left out. Enjoy.

--Nathan

THE BASICS

The Constitution of the United States, by various authors

The Declaration of Independence, by various authors

The Law, by Frederic Bastiat

The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

The Anti-Federalist Papers, by various authors

Two Treatises on Government, by John Locke

Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau

The Republic, Crito, and The Social Contract, by Plato

The Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes

MORE READING

1984, Animal Farm, and Politics and the English Language, by George Orwell

On the Political Economy, by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman

The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul

On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill

Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville

Politics, by Aristotle

Civilization and its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud

FROM THE OPPOSITION

Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

The Prince, by Machiavelli

Mein Kampf, by Adolf Hitler

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