F. A. Hayek (1899–1992)

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1. F. A. Hayek

   Author of The Road to Serfdom, Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1: Rules and Order, Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 2: The Mirage of Social Justice

2. Ludwig von Mises

   Author of Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, Planning for Freedom

3. Thomas Sowell

   Author of A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy, Knowledge and Decisions

4. Milton Friedman

   Author of Capitalism and Freedom, Free to choose : a personal statement, Essays in Positive Economics (Phoenix Books)

5. Murray N. Rothbard

   Author of America's Great Depression, The Ethics of Liberty, Man, Economy, and State

6. Adam Smith

   Author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Essays on Philosophical Subjects

7. Karl Popper

   Author of The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics), Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach, Popper Selections

8. Henry Hazlitt

   Author of Economics in One Lesson, The Failure of the New Economics: An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies, The inflation crisis, and how to resolve it

9. James M. Buchanan

   Author of The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy, The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan, What Should Economists Do?

10. Claude Frédéric Bastiat

    Author of Economic Sophisms, Selected Essays in Political Economy, Economic Harmonies

11. Russell Kirk

    Author of The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

12. Edmund Burke

    Author of Reflections on the Revolution in France, A Vindication of Natural Society, Select Works of Edmund Burke : A New Imprint of the Payne Edition (3 Volume Set)

13. David Boaz

    Author of The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to Milton Friedman, Libertarianism: A Primer

14. Alexander Hamilton

    Author of The Federalist Papers

15. John Maynard Keynes

    Author of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

16. Joseph A. Schumpeter

    Author of Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, History of Economic Analysis: With a New Introduction

17. Hernando De Soto

    Author of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

18. Robert Nozick

    Author of Anarchy, State and Utopia

19. Jonah Goldberg

    Author of Liberal Fascism

20. Brian Doherty

    Author of Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement