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The Price of Everything
by Russ Roberts · 2008
★★★★★Editor's Pickbeginner
A Socratic dialogue that uses the aftermath of a natural disaster to explore how prices coordinate economic recovery, why price controls cause shortages, and how the market process channels self-interest into social benefit. Economics as intellectual adventure.
★ Why We Recommend It
This is one of the most important works in the liberty tradition — essential for any serious student of free markets and individual rights.
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★ Key Takeaways
What You'll Learn from The Price of Everything
- 1This work offers rigorous analysis of its subject from a liberty-oriented perspective.
- 2The author builds a systematic argument from first principles.
- 3The implications for policy and practice are far-reaching.
- 4Readers will gain tools for understanding the unintended consequences of intervention.
- 5Essential reading for anyone serious about the ideas of freedom.
★ About the Author
Russ Roberts
Russ Roberts is an economist, author, and host of the EconTalk podcast. He is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and former professor of economics at George Mason University.
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