Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt (November 28, 1894 - July 8, 1993) was a libertarian philosopher, economist and journalist for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, and The American Mercury, among other publications. He was credited with bringing Austrian economics to an English-speaking audience.

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November 28 - 1894 - July 8 - 1993 - Libertarian - Philosopher - Economist - Journalist - The Wall Street Journal - The New York Times - Newsweek - The American Mercury - Austrian economics

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Hazlitt is well-known for his book Economics in One Lesson, but he also wrote other books, among which a major work on ethics, The Foundations of Morality, and The Failure of the New Economics, a detailed chapter-by-chapter critique of Keynes's "General Theory" (of which he wrote that he was "unable to find in it a single doctrine that is both true and original. What is original in the book is not true; and what is true is not original.")

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Economics in One Lesson - Ethics - The Foundations of Morality - The Failure of the New Economics - Keynes

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Hazlitt was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The Freeman magazine.

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Foundation for Economic Education - The Freeman

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A well-known quote from Henry Hazlitt: "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food."

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