Books

  • Introducing The Harwood Reader

    To form The Harwood Reader, we took Harwood’s own list of readings and put together what amounts to a Harwood-style education in economic theory, history, and policy. The result is spectacular in my view. Many of these readings are difficult to find, and they’ve never been put together in this way before.

    Introducing The Harwood Reader
  • 2019 AIER Book Catalog

    Our publishing program is part of an entire suite of services provided by AIER, as a supplement to our daily articles, our programs around the world, our local care for students and professors, and our daily media appearances. The ethos of it all is a principled commitment to good theory, integrity, liberality, and enthusiasm for…

    2019 AIER Book Catalog
  • AIER Books Published in 2019

    Twice in the 1930s, censors in Washington, D.C., sent letters to the American Institute for Economic Research demanding that we shut down our presses. Twice our founder E.C. Harwood refused […]

    AIER Books Published in 2019
  • Some Great Books for Stuffing Stockings

    This is a lucky day for those of you who have procrastinated until the last minute to finish your Christmas shopping: I offer here a list of seven superb books […]

    Some Great Books for Stuffing Stockings
  • Growth Is Good

    In his 2018 book Stubborn Attachments, Tyler Cowen defends a thesis that is likely to be as unpopular as it is misunderstood: over the long run, differences in growth rates […]

    Growth Is Good
  • Bourbon for Breakfast After 10 Years

    It was last year when I was invited to address a dinner party. I arrived to find a copy of this book at every place setting. I was momentarily mortified: […]

    Bourbon for Breakfast After 10 Years
  • Bourbon for Breakfast: How to Love Liberty and Love Life

    Are you bothered by bureaucrats, but do you still love life? If so, Bourbon for Breakfast is for you. Jeffrey Tucker’s essays are a masterful parody of government and a […]

    Bourbon for Breakfast: How to Love Liberty and Love Life
  • Why Is AIER Publishing Karl Marx?

    Reading the source helps you find the root errors and not get buffeted about by fake arguments that turn up on the news daily. In general, this task just granted me more confidence in a similar way that reading the right-Hegelians did.

    Why Is AIER Publishing Karl Marx?
  • A Book and a Message that Can Save the World

    The word over time became corrupted, and still is to a great extent, by people who try to enlist their pet cause in the idea. But nothing can take away that great first principle of liberalism: that society can manage itself to bringing dignity to the lives of individuals and communities without overlords scripting and…

    A Book and a Message that Can Save the World
  • Want to End Book-Selling Scams? Stop Relying on Copyrights

    Outdated intellectual property (IP) laws severely restrict the production of books and material that should be easily accessible to the public.

    Want to End Book-Selling Scams? Stop Relying on Copyrights
  • A Measly Five Bucks to Bust Out of the Ideological Bubble

    Apparently nobody, not even the Gray Lady, rigorously fact checks anymore. Or is it that only books reviewed in a few elite outlets count and none happen to critique finance from the non-left? Heck, I can almost hear the editors ask themselves: Only people on the left write the right kind of books, right?

    A Measly Five Bucks to Bust Out of the Ideological Bubble
  • Presenting: The Best of Ludwig von Mises

    Learning from Mises is a lifelong project.

    Presenting: The Best of Ludwig von Mises