Start here: a reading guide
Nine works of the Austrian tradition in a suggested reading order, from the short texts to the great treatises. Each links to the English original; the Greek translation is on the Greek site.
Praxeologos
Short texts 7
- 1
I, Pencil
Leonard E. Read · 1958 · fee.org ↗ · Greek translation
“I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write.”
- 2
- 3
Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow
Ludwig von Mises · 1979 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“Descriptive terms which people use are often quite misleading.”
- 4
Anatomy of the State
Murray N. Rothbard · 1965 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“The State is almost universally considered an institution of social service.”
- 5
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Murray N. Rothbard · 1963 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“Few economic subjects are more tangled, more confused than money.”
- 6
On the Origin of Money
Carl Menger · 1892 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“There is a phenomenon which has from of old and in a peculiar degree attracted the attention of social philosophers and practical economists …”
- 7
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Murray N. Rothbard · 1973 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“The libertarian creed rests upon one central axiom: that no man or group of men may aggress against the person or property of anyone else.”
The great treatises 2
- 8
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
Ludwig von Mises · 1949 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“Economics is the youngest of all sciences.”
- 9
Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market
Murray N. Rothbard · 1962 · mises.org ↗ · Greek translation
“Human action is defined simply as purposeful behavior.”
The line under each title is the opening or a key sentence of the English original itself.
And then
Look up a term in the Glossary of the Austrian School, follow the connections between thinkers, books and concepts on the Map of Ideas, or read the articles and commentary of Praxeology in English.