Austrian Economic Reads of 2012
1. 
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating — 27,262 ratings 2. 
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by:
Daron Acemoğlu
4.09 avg rating — 59,213 ratings 3. 
The Sounds of Capitalism: Advertising, Music, and the Conquest of Culture 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Invisible Hand in Popular Culture: Liberty vs. Authority in American Film and TV
by:
Paul A. Cantor
3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings 
9. 
The Wizards of Ozymandias: Reflections on the Decline and Fall
by:
Butler Shaffer
3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings 
11. 
The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy's Only Hope
by:
John A. Allison
4.08 avg rating — 490 ratings 
13. 
A Beautiful Anarchy: How to Create Your Own Civilization in the Digital Age
by:
Jeffrey Tucker
4.15 avg rating — 79 ratings 14. 
15. 
Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy
by:
Robert Sirico
4.14 avg rating — 251 ratings 
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High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis
by:
John Englander
3.94 avg rating — 121 ratings 20. 
The Little Book of the Shrinking Dollar: What You Can Do to Protect Your Money Now
by:
Addison Wiggin
3.32 avg rating — 63 ratings 21. 
Boom and Bust Banking: The Causes and Cures of the Great Recession really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
25. 
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by:
Blaine Harden
4.01 avg rating — 70,869 ratings 
28. 
The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage
by:
Greg Gutfeld
4.05 avg rating — 2,493 ratings 
30. 
Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times
by:
Eyal Press
3.81 avg rating — 974 ratings 31. 
The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets Since the Depression
by:
Angus Burgin
4.05 avg rating — 115 ratings 32. 
The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty
by:
Nicholas Buccola
3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings 
36. 
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
by:
Amy S. Greenberg
3.97 avg rating — 1,746 ratings 37. 
Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet
by:
Julian Assange
3.73 avg rating — 1,839 ratings 38. 
Anarchy and Legal Order: Law and Politics for a Stateless Society
by:
Gary Chartier
3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings 39. 
Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate
by:
Greg Lukianoff
4.22 avg rating — 398 ratings 40. 
The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future 3.61 avg rating — 71 ratings