A couple things to start you off…
Reading
Library of Economics and Liberty - This contains countless articles, book chapters, and an excellent podcast.
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt - The short introduction to economic thinking.
“The Use of Knowledge in Society” by F. A. Hayek, on the distributed nature of knowledge in society, and the fallibility of centralized planning.
“Key Concepts of Libertarianism” by David Boaz, a quick intro to libertarianism.
Video Resources
Milton Friedman had two excellent interviews on Phil Donahue’s show, one in 1979 and one in 1980. Check out his other interviews in the recommended videos sidebar.
Reason.TV documents three reasons not to fund art with government.
The infamous Keynes vs. Hayek Rap, also round two.
Blogs to follow
Megan Mcardle - the business writer for The Atlantic Monthly.
Cafe Hayek - Two economics professors at GMU talk about the follies of public policy.
Econlog - A few economics professors discuss esoteric ideas such as betting markets, pacifism, and the signalling theory of education.
Cato-at-Liberty - The Cato Institute’s take on current events.
Marginal Revolution - Two economics professors discuss anything from political philosophy to food to foreign cultures.
Reason’s Hit and Run - Reason Magazine’s excellent, witty, and funny blog.
DC Area Think Tanks
The Cato Institute - The standard bearer for libertarian thought in DC.
Cato on Campus - The Cato Institute’s student page.
Reason - Reason has an excellent TV and magazine team.
Institute for Humane Studies - IHS exists to help pro-liberty scholars, students, and think tanks flourish.
Mercatus Institute - Works in between academic research and real world problems.
