And unfortunately, it was the socialist-Keynesian Samuelson who did write the economic textbook that was the most popular for decades.
“Economics,” first published in 1948, was the nation’s best-selling textbook for nearly 30 years. Translated into 20 languages, it was selling 50,000 copies a year a half century after it first appeared.
From the first edition (1948)
Russia with its communistic government appears to be on the march...The capitalistic way of life is on trial.
I have seen the future and it twerks.
ReplyDeleteLibertyClassroom.com by Tom Woods has a course which goes through Samuelson's book, chapter by chapter, and systematically identifies the errors and fallacies within. Very important work by Woods and faculty member Jeffery Herbener.
ReplyDelete2 semesters with Samuelson at Purdue left me dazed and confused. 4 days with "Economics in One Lesson" by Hazlett 25 years later and I can see clearly now.
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