Just wondering what are some of you guys favorite books on philosophy, economics, and politics? These are what ive used to formulate my philosophies. 1.Atlas Shrugged, 1957 Ayn Rand -READ this book first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2.We the Living, Ayn Rand 3.The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand 1943 (this is the requim to Atlas Shrugged) 4.Anthem, 1937 Ayn Rand (More of a short story, I read it in a couple hours) The CULT of "WE" Found a digital version of this online so I posted it all in several notes. 5.Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966 Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen 6.The Virtue of Selfishness, 1964 Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden 7.The 5000 year leap -Dr. Stephen Covey 8.A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror -Larry Schweikart 9.Anne Franks Diary -Anne Frank 10.The Federalist Papers -Alexander Hamilton wrote 52, James Madison wrote 28, and John Jay contributed the remaining (these papers explain why the constitution is the way it is) 11.The Anti-Federalist Papers - Clinton, George, Yates, Roberts (Pointing out the possible outcomes of the Constitution giving the fed to much power) 12.Benjamin Franklin biography - almost any of them 13.George Washington the indispensable man 14.Road to Serfdom - Friedrich von Hayek 15.Liberal Fascism -Jonah Goldberg 16.The Spirit of the Laws, 1748 -Charles de Montesquieu 17.The Wealth of Nations, 1776 -Adam Smith 18.Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, 1922 Ludwig von Mises 19.Human Action, Ludwig von Mises 20.Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand - Leonard Peikoff 1991 21.Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics -Henry Hazlitt 22.Radicals for Capitalism: a freewheeling history of the modern american libertarian movement - Brian Doherty 23.The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping points that saved the world - Chris, Ted Stewart 24.The Law -Frederic Bastiat
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A critical thinkers guide to asking really good questions - Christopher Dicarlo
Lies My Teacher Told Me [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Animal-Science-Evolutionary-Psychology/dp/0679763996/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315000712&sr=1-2"]The Moral Animal[/ame] This one is harder to find: The Social Deconstruction of Reality [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-P-S/dp/0061965588/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315000841&sr=1-1"]People's History of the US[/ame] Resist Not Evil
I recently read Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn. I loved it, I'm going to start on the Ishmael trilogy pretty soon. I've also been reading a lot of Vonnegut this summer, I love his work.
hmmm.... well.... countless encyclopedia volumes massive amounts of history from all over the globe tons of science fact/fiction massive loads of comic-books bibles and such religious books from many religions. ancient philosophical books/writings newspapers daily Life was good, I was viewed as a genius, revered for my troubleshooting abilities, sought after for my views on what was good in life (you know, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women..." and all that stuff...) I was free of the worry and mental burden of a corrupt political base destroying the world and being powerless to stop it...for it wasn't an issue, it didn't exist, the world was fine and dandy... then the interwebbers was invented by Steve Jobs, Al Gore and Bill Gates...(sarcasm in case you don't get it)...and I had access to untold volumes of lore covering total political propaganda bullshit, with a tiny bit of good reading mixed in (lolcats)...and I watched the awareness and IQ's of the general population plummet, as people began to follow the word of liars and snake-oil salespeople disguised as caring public officials and services (all politicians and all major news corps turned into BNNs, [Biased News Networks])...I was so aware of the impending doom of our species and the American way of life being sold to the highest bidders, and now, I know, there is no way back, we can only go forward, into 1776, if we are to survive and be reborn as We The People again....but there are these fuzzy, furry, nay, they are woolly, yes woolly, wool covered people hindering our way... There are those that do not believe in it, but evolution exist...and it seems, it's not a good thing...