Johan Norberg's direct defense of global capitalism against its critics. Norberg engages seriously with inequality, labor conditions, and environmental objections rather than ignoring them. The most current and combative of the foundational texts on this list.
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Twenty-three free-market claims, each set against counter-evidence.
Recommended by: Morgan Housel
Economic freedom as a condition of political freedom, applied to policy questions.
Recommended by: Marc Andreessen
African American co-operative economics, a history largely written out.
The case for free markets and limited government, policy area by policy area.
Recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Mohnish Pabrai and 2 others
How communities manage shared resources without either the state or the market.
Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Stewart Brand
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