Listed below are links to the readings that all students are encouraged to complete before attending Virtual Mises University.

All materials are available on Mises.org free of charge, and most readings are available in multiple formats (e.g., PDF, ePub, HTML, audio).

Suggested Reading Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard

The Philosophical Origins of Austrian Economics by David Gordon

Praxeology and Understanding by George A. Selgin

Profit and Loss by Ludwig von Mises

​I, Pencil by Leonard Read

What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard, pp. 1-87

From The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays, edited by Richard M. Ebeling:

"Introduction: The Austrian Theory in Perspective" by Roger W. Garrison, pp. 7-35"Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure" by Murray N. Rothbard, pp. 65-91"Can We Still Avoid Inflation?" Friedrich A. Hayek, pp. 93-120 From Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt:

"The Lesson," pp. 3-7"The Broken Window," pp. 11-16 From Economic Freedom and Interventionism by Ludwig von Mises

"The Elite Under Capitalism""The Individual in Society" From An Introduction to Austrian Economics by Thomas C. Taylor:

"Introduction," pp. 7-21"The Subjective Theory of Value," pp. 40-62 From Planning for Freedom by Ludwig von Mises:

"Planning for Freedom," pp. 1-17"Middle of the Road Policy Leads to Socialism," pp. 18-35 "Fundamentals of Value and Price" by Murray N. Rothbard (in The Rothbard Reader, pp. 89-126)

"Economic Calculation" by Ludwig von Mises (in Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, pp. 113-122)

"The Meaning of Competition" by F. A. Hayek

Optional Reading Penthouse Interviews Murray Rothbard​