Arguments for and against free markets, government planning and alternative forms of ownership, from Friedman and Norberg to Chang, Raworth and the co-operative movement.
The global co-operative sector and how member ownership works.
Survey of member, employee and trust ownership and how each pays out.
African American co-operative economics, a history largely written out.
Economic freedom as a condition of political freedom, applied to policy questions.
Recommended by: Marc Andreessen
The case for free markets and limited government, policy area by policy area.
Recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Mohnish Pabrai and 2 others
A defence of global capitalism that answers critics on inequality, labour and nature.
Why managers and technocrats would replace capitalists as society's ruling class.
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An inquiry into the nature of freedom and the uses of power.
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The case for anarcho-capitalism, a society run on markets without a state.
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Supply-side case for entrepreneurs as the actual source of growth
“on how economic systems that encourage aggressive entrepreneurship build the most for the benefit of the most” — Marc Andreessen
Source: @pmarca, companion thread to 'It's Time to Build'
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Essays on 'social ecology': how societies and institutions change, Japan included.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Patrick Collison
Voters hold systematic biases about economics, so democracies choose bad policies.
“The median American is a moderate national socialist – statist to the core on both economic and social policy.” — Marc Andreessen
Source: @pmarca, 'Thread: Books I've recently read and recommend'
Recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Patrick Collison
Twenty-three free-market claims, each set against counter-evidence.
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Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Andrew Chen
Big changes in human affairs emerge from the bottom up rather than by design.
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Why societies should put sustainable long-run growth almost above all else.
Recommended by: Jackie Vullinghs, Patrick Collison
Recommended by: Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla
How communities manage shared resources without either the state or the market.
Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Stewart Brand
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