Here is a splendid novel by Henry Hazlitt, first published in 1951 and revised in 1966. The plot line explores the economic theories of capitalism and socialism. It begins in a fully socialist society in which the new leader, who finds himself in that position only by accident, begins to rethink the economic basis of the system. He first begins to
When Henry Hazlitt published this exceedingly rare book, he was finishing up a three-year position at The Nation as literary critic, and preparing to accept the position as H.L. Mencken’s successor at American Mercury . He was struggling with integrating his two main interests: literary criticism and economics. In economics, value is subjective,
[Henry Hazlitt was uniquely qualified to write the first and only novel in which the problem of economic calculation provides the central plot theme. He was literary editor of the Nation from 1930 to 1933 and a highly regarded critic. He also understood Mises’s argument against socialism and how it went to the very core of the economic problem.
[Editor’s Note: This essay, a prescient blast at the then growing problem of Marxism in literary criticism, was published as an appendix in Henry Hazlitt’s 1933 book The Anatomy of Criticism: A Trialogue . The same arguments, of course, apply to claims used in criticism that certain literature is worthless because it supports “the patriarchy” or
The Free Man’s Library is a descriptive and critical bibliography of works on the philosophy of individualism. I have applied the term “individualism” in a broad sense. The bibliography includes books which explain the processes and advantages of free trade, free enterprise and free markets; which recognize the evils of excessive state power; and
Peter named the territory over which he ruled Freeworld. He was installed in Washington in a decrepit, smelly old building which someone, evidently with a fine sense of irony, had once named The White House. This, he was told, was where the old capitalist emperors used to live. “Alone?” he asked — “with all this floor space?” He assigned
The Longines Chronoscope television series ran from 1951–55 and was hosted by William Bradford Huie, Larry LeSueur, and Henry Hazlitt. The series consisted of fifteen-minute episodes featuring interviews with many notable people of the time, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Earl Warren, Clare Booth Luce, Henry Steele
[Nota del editor: Este ensayo, una explosión premonitoria del entonces creciente problema del marxismo en la crítica literaria, se publicó como apéndice en el libro de Henry Hazlitt de 1933 The Anatomy of Criticism: A Trialogue . Los mismos argumentos, por supuesto, se aplican a las afirmaciones usadas en la crítica de que cierta literatura no
La serie televisiva Longines Chronoscope se emitió entre 1951 y 1955 y fue presentada por William Bradford Huie, Larry LeSueur y Henry Hazlitt. La serie consistió en episodios de quince minutos con entrevistas a muchas personas notables de la época, como Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Earl Warren, Clare Booth Luce, Henry
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