Stories of High Strangeness by Marc Shapiro

It's still the quickest way to learn how to think like an economist. Written for the non-academic, it has served as the major antidote to fallacies in the popular press, and has appeared in dozens of languages and printings. He believes that it is probably the most important economics book ever written in the sense that it offers the greatest hope to educating everyone about the meaning of the science. Professor Block explains that it was this book that turned him on to economics as a science.

This is the book to send to reporters, politicians, pastors, political activists, teachers, or anyone else who needs to know. It's the right size, shape, and feel – perfect for making this book central to all educational efforts of the future. It includes a wonderful foreword by Walter Block. What thrills us in particular about this new edition is that it is beautiful, it is hardcover, and it is newly typeset for modern readers. As just one example, this is the book that made the idea of the 'broken window fallacy' so famous. He was writing under the influence of Mises himself, of course, but he brought his own special gifts to the project. He relied on some stories by Bastiat and his own impeccable capacity for logical thinking and crystal-clear prose.

His hope was to reduce the whole teaching of economics to a few principles and explain them in ways that people would never forget. Henry Hazlitt wrote this book following his stint at the New York Times as an editorialist. It is a hardbound volume, priced very low thanks to special benefactors, and now available in quantity discounts for distribution to your friends, family, and anyone you meet who needs to understand what economics implies for the society, government, and civilization. Here is a publishing event: the new Mises Institute edition of the classic book that has taught many millions sound economic thinking.

Stories of High Strangeness by Marc Shapiro