Below is a short list of suggested titles for a student, or anyone else interested in learning more about freedom and the role of government in a free society. Taken from Rand Paul’s web site.

The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich A. Hayek

The Conscience of a Conservative, Barry Goldwater

Human Action, Ludwig von Mises

Conceived in Liberty, Murray N. Rothbard

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

The Revolution: A Manifesto, Ron Paul

End the Fed, Ron Paul

A Foreign Policy of Freedom, Ron Paul

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, Thomas E. Woods Jr.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, Robert P. Murphy

Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt

The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, Andrew J. Bacevich

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, Chalmers Johnson

Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror, Michael Scheuer

Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency, Patrick J. Buchanan

Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914, Stanley Weintraub