One lesson was my first economics book, but my first libertarian book was Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick. That book certainly touched on Austrian economics and also was a good intro.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is one of my favorite books. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Me too. I discovered it in a bookstore in 1989 and it changed my life.
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I was already an ancap, but I hadn't read a ton of the literature, yet. Because of that, there were a few places where I spotted holes in his arguments, but I loved the style of analysis.
My wife bought it for me as a birthday present, because she knew I was getting really into libertarian thought and she's really into philosophy.
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He was a bright guy. In later life he backtracked on a lot of his libertarian philosophy. I remember reading that he was still living in his New York City rent controlled apartment! Talk about not walking the walk.
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Yes, great to see the forward progress. A great example!
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