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Henry Hazlitt
Henry Stuart Hazlitt (November 28, 1894 – July 9, 1993) was an American journalist who wrote about business and economics for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The American Mercury, Newsweek, and The New York Times. He is widely cited in both libertarian and conservative... show more



Henry Stuart Hazlitt (November 28, 1894 – July 9, 1993) was an American journalist who wrote about business and economics for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The American Mercury, Newsweek, and The New York Times. He is widely cited in both libertarian and conservative circles.Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Mises Institute (Released by the Mises Institute) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Birth date: November 28, 1894
Died: July 08, 1993
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Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
Not the book to get if you've already read extensively in different schools of economics. The author isn't an economist or academic; he had less then two years of college. Rather, Hazlitt was a journalist self-taught in the discipline of economics who wrote for the New York Times The Nation and News...
Harbinger of Books
Harbinger of Books rated it 14 years ago
Great book I first read it years ago in my first econ class and I still use it on a regular basis to remind me of basic principles.
Never Read Passively
Never Read Passively rated it 16 years ago
For a book that was written so long ago, this book is amazingly relevant to today. It clearly explains how things like stimulus packages, government subsidies, nationalization, currency inflation etc., aren't, and can't be, magic solutions that fix the economy. It gives examples of times these types...
DanAllosso
DanAllosso rated it 43 years ago
I used to have a black and white photo of Hazlitt and me, taken while he was signing my copy. Yeah, I', old...
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