Economics in One Lesson
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A million-copy seller, Henry Hazlitt’sEconomics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “liertarian”economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul and others. Called by H. L. Mencken “onof the few economists in history who could really write,”Henry Hazlitt achieved lasting fame for this brilliant but concise work. In it, he explains basic truths about economics and the economic fallacies responsible for unemployment, inflation, high taxes, and recession, as well as illustrating the destructive effects of taxes, rent and price controls, inflation, trade restrictions, and minimum-wage laws.Economics in One Lesson is deceptively prescient and farreaching in its efforts to dissemble economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy. Many current economic commentators across the political spectrum have credited
Hazlitt with foreseeing the collapse of the global economy, which occurred more than fifty years after the initial publication of this seminal work. Hazlitt’sfocus on non-governmental solutions, strong—an strongly reasoned—anideficit position, and general emphasis on free markets, economic liberty of individuals, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson every bit as relevant and valuable today as it has been since publication.