Notes From Various Readings

Here’s a list of other readings I’ve read from various disciplines & genres that I’ve taken notes on. I’ll try to include a link to the text itself, if available online. They’re not always available due to copyright restrictions or the fact that they just aren’t online. I’ll try to keep them organization by the author’s name, then chronologically. That system usually works best for me…

Aslund, Anders

• How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (MY NOTES: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8) [ECONOMICS]

Carnegie, Dale

• How to Win Friends and Influence People, New York, Simon & Schuster (1936) [SELF-HELP] (OUTLINE)

Hayek, Friedrich

• The Road to Serfdom (1944)
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 – The Abandoned Road
  • Chapter 2 – The Great Utopia
  • Chapter 3 – Individualism & Collectivism
  • Chapter 4 – The “Inevitability” of Planning
  • Chapter 5 – Planning & Democracy
  • Chapter 6 – Planning & the Rule of Law
  • Chapter 7 – Economic Control & Totalitarianism
  • Chapter 8 – Who, Whom?
  • Chapter 9 – Security & Freedom
  • Chapter 10 – Why the Worst Get on Top
  • Chapter 11 – The End of Truth
  • Chapter 12 – The Socialist Roots of Nazism
  • Chapter 13 – The Totalitarians in Our Midst
  • Chapter 14 – Material Conditions & Ideal Ends
  • Chapter 15 – The Prospects of International Order
  • Chapter 16 – Conclusion
• The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, Vol. 35, Issue 4 (September 1945), 519-530. (MY NOTES) [ECONOMICS]

Hoffer, Eric

• The True Believer (1951)
  • Part 1 – The Appeal of Mass Movements
  • Part 2 – The Potential Converts
  • Part 3 – United Action & Self-Sacrifice
  • Part 4 – Beginning & End

Paine, Thomas

• African Slavery in America (1775)
• Common Sense. Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford (1776). (MY NOTES) [POLITICS, AMERICAN HISTORY]

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

• Can Capitalism Survive? Harper Collins, New York, 2009 (1942) [ECONOMICS]
  • Chapter 1 – The Rate of Increase of Total Output
  • Chapter 2 – Plausible Capitalism
  • Chapter 3 – The Process of Creative Destruction
  • Chapter 4 – Monopolistic Practices
  • Chapter 5 – Closed Season
  • Chapter 6 – The Vanishing of Investment Opportunity
  • Chapter 7 – The Civilization of Capitalism
  • Chapter 8 – Crumbling Walls
  • Chapter 9 – Growing Hostility
  • Chapter 10 – Decomposition

Smith, Adam

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1776. [ECONOMICS]
  • Book I
  • Book II
  • Book III
  • Book IV
  • Book V

Sun Tzu

• The Art of War, c. 5th Century B.C. [MILITARY]
  • Chapter 1 – Initial Estimations
  • Chapter 2 – Waging War
  • Chapter 3 – Planning Offensives
  • Chapter 4 – Military Disposition
  • Chapter 5 – Strategic Military Power
  • Chapter 6 – Vacuity & Substance
  • Chapter 7 – Military Combat
  • Chapter 8 – Nine Changes
  • Chapter 9 – Maneuvering the Army
  • Chapter 10 – Configurations of Terrain
  • Chapter 11 – Nine Terrains
  • Chapter 12 – Incendiary Attacks
  • Chapter 13 – Employing Spies

Xenophon

• Anabasis (370 BC) (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, Book 5, Book 6, Book 7)