This is a list of recommended reading, books and articles that I have found helpful in teaching me to think more clearly and understand cause and effect.
First, some links to articles I used in the presentation on Feb. 25th, 2017.
- Swine Flu:Swine_Flu_by_Rappoport_bitly_links.pdf
- MishTalk: 60,000 visas unbanned. Trump acted foolishly, irreponsibly, and likely illegally.
- Logical fallacies listed and explained in Japanese: Avoid and Name That Fallacy! 誤謬を見抜け!誤謬を避けよ!
- Next FAME (March 25th) we will
- finish discussing “Logic & Rhetoric”, including answering the question, how to persuade Westerners to follow Japanese “rules”.
- discuss if members wish to take a short course in logical analysis,
- read the first chapter of the shortest economics textbook in the world: “Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt. (The whole book and a good Japanese translation are available on Amazon, see below). Click here to download chapter 1:Henry Hazlitt Economics in One Lesson_ch1
And here are the books listed in the Feb. 25th handout. I have added links to the Japanese translations where available. I’m selling some of these books.
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- Many thanks to those of you who purchased some of these books.
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RECOMMENDED READING
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- Ayn Rand:
「The Fountainhead」 を ¥2,999 で@amazonから出品しました。 日本より発送。良い状態。丁寧に保管されたので、商品の劣化や変色、破れ、書き込み、剥がれなどがございません。使用感があり。背に折りがある。 カバーが少し破れ剥があり。中々手に入りにくい本です。This is in good condition. No markings, tears, discoloration or fading. No torn or missing pages. One dog-ear. Slight crease in spine. Slight scuffing of the covers. Paperback, 694 pages. Ships from Japan.
「Atlas Shrugged」 を ¥1,999 で@amazonから出品しました 。日本より発送。丁寧に保管されたので、商品の劣化や変色、破れ、書き込み、剥がれなどがございません。使用感がないけど、カバーに一つの小さな折りがある。 中々手に入りにくい本です。This is in very good condition. No markings, tears, discoloration or fading. No torn or missing or dog-eared pages. Slight crease in corner of front cover. Paperback, 1,069 pages. Ships from Japan.
- “Philosophy: Who Needs It”
- 哲学:誰がそれを必要とするのか?
- Ludwig von Mises:
- Friedrich Hayek:
- Murray Rothbard:
- Robert Murphy:
「学校で教えない大恐慌・ニューディール」 を ¥1291 で@amazonから出品しました 日本より発送。丁寧に保管されたので、商品の劣化や変色、破れ、書き込み、剥がれなどがありません。使用感がない。 この値段であと7冊しかありません。Only 6 books left at this price. This is in near mint condition. No markings, tears, discoloration or fading. No torn, missing or dog-eared pages. Paperback, 200 pages including index. Ships from Japan. Published in 2015. A Japanese translation of Dr. Robert Murphy’s “Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal” (see below)
「The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal (The Politica…」 を ¥2,732 で@amazonから出品しました。 日本より発送。丁寧に保管されたから、きれいな状態です。書きこみ,切りぬきはありません。カバーに小さな曲がれとすり減りがあり、。使用感があり。This is in good condition. No markings, creases, fading or tears. No torn or missing or dog-eared pages. Very slight scuffing of edges of covers. Paperback, 198 pages with index. Ships from Japan. For Japanese translation, see above.
- Thomas E. Woods Jr
「Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and …」 を ¥978 で@amazonから出品しました。 日本より発送。丁寧に保管されたので、商品の劣化や変色、破れ、書き込み、剥がれなどがほとんどございません。使用感があり。 ハードカバー。 This is in very good condition. No markings, creases, tears, discoloration or fading. No torn, missing or dog-eared pages. Very slight scuffing at edges of covers. Hardback, 194 pages including index. Ships from Japan.
- Herbert Spencer
- John Stuart Mill
- Edmund Burke
- David Hume
- Almost any 19th century British writer (historian, novelist, philosopher, scientist, etc).
- Ayn Rand: