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## Suggested Readings

- Frederic Bastiat, [*The Law*](http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=78&Itemid=27)
- Frederic Bastiat, [*The Economics of Freedom*](https://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/The-Economics-of-Freedom-PDF.pdf)
- Ludwig von Mises, [*Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism*](http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2200&chapter=203648&layout=html&Itemid=27)
- Franz Oppenheimer, [*The Political and Economic Means*](http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1662&chapter=36963&layout=html&Itemid=27)
- David Boaz, [*Competition and Cooperation* ](http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/competition-and-cooperation.pdf)
- Tom G. Palmer, [*Twenty Myths About Markets*](http://tomgpalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/papers/myths_about_markets_ii.pdf)
- Tom G. Palmer, [*Why Liberty*](http://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Why-Liberty-Final-Typeset-with-Cover.pdf)
- Ludwig von Mises, *[The Government and the Market](http://www.econlib.org/library/Mises/HmA/msHmA27.html)*
- George Washington, [*Farewell Address*](http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp)
- Randy E. Barnett, [*Restoring the Lost Constitution*](http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/2004/1/barnett.pdf)
- Robert A. Levy, [*Response to Professor Barron’s Critique of The Dirty Dozen*](http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/08/14/response-to-professor-barrons-critique-of-the-dirty-dozen/)
- Robert A. Levy, [*To Judge or Not To Judge*](http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/levy-mellor-judge-or-not-judge.pdf)
- F.A. Hayek, [*Intellectuals and Socialism* ](https://mises.org/sites/default/files/Intellectuals%20and%20Socialism_4.pdf)
- Timothy Lynch, [*Over-Criminalization of Conduct/Over-Federalization of Criminal Law*](http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12229)
- William F. Shughart II, [*Public Choice Theory*](http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicChoice.html)
- Lawrence Reed, [*Great Myths of the Great Depression*](http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=4013)
- Jeffrey A. Miron, [*Rethinking Redistribution*](http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/miron-nationalaffairs-1-5-11.pdf)
- Jeffrey A. Miron, [*Should Policy Attempt to Avoid Financial Crises?*](http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2013/9/cjv33n3-7.pdf)
- Steve Horwitz, [*Understanding Say’s Law of Markets*](http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/understanding-says-law-of-markets#axzz2KoMAhRNE)
- Bruce Yandle, [*Rahm’s Rule of Crisis Management: A Footnote to the Theory of Regulation*](http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/rahms-rule-of-crisis-management-a-footnote-to-the-theory-of-regulation#axzz2KoMAhRNE)
- Erik Gartzke, [*Economic Freedom and Peace*](https://object.cato.org/pubs/efw/efw2005/efw2005-2.pdf)
- Matt Welch, [*The Reality and Propaganda of War*](http://reason.com/archives/2014/12/09/the-reality-and-propaganda-of)