Name: Thinking as a Science (Large Print Edition)
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Author: Henry Hazlitt
ISBN: 9781478335474

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Thinking as a Science (Large Print Edition)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Henry Hazlitt

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

260

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4 x 20.3 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9781478335474

Synopsis "Thinking as a Science (Large Print Edition)"

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com. It's incredible that this 1916 tutorial on how to think, by none other than Henry Hazlitt, would still hold up after all these years. But here's why. Hazlitt was largely self-educated. He read voraciously. He trained himself to be a great intellect. In the middle of this process, he discovered that it is far more important to learn to think clearly than to merely take in information. The result was this book.In some ways, it is a course in logic. But more than that, it is a training manual for how to fire up and manage one's mental energy.He discusses how to think about analogies and discover their errors. He speaks of the error of too much aggregation and misplaced definitions. He presents the rules for the interplay between theory and example. He shows how to spot errors in theory and experiments. He shows how to think all the way to the end of a problem. He gives some very practical advice on the relationship between thinking and reading - and how to plan that reading so that one uses one's time well.His examples of how to think and how not to think are lucid and compelling. His influences in this little book include Stanley Jevons and Herbert Spencer, so we can see here that Hazlitt was already steeped in economic literature when he wrote this book in 1916.It remains an excellent primer in how to gain, and make use of, a good education.

Henry Hazlitt

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Henry Hazlitt fue un economista, periodista y filósofo liberal nacido el 28 de noviembre de 1894 en Filadelfia, Estados Unidos, y fallecido el 9 de julio de 1993 en Nueva York. Es reconocido como uno de los principales defensores del libre mercado y de las ideas de la Escuela Austriaca de economía durante el siglo XX. Aunque no tuvo formación universitaria completa, desarrolló una sólida carrera intelectual gracias a su estudio autodidacta y su experiencia en el periodismo económico.

Hazlitt trabajó como editor y columnista en importantes medios como The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times y Newsweek, donde explicó temas económicos de manera clara para el público general. Su obra más famosa es Economics in One Lesson, publicada en 1946, en la que argumenta que las políticas económicas deben analizarse considerando sus efectos a largo plazo sobre toda la sociedad y no solo sobre grupos específicos.

Además, defendió la libertad individual, el comercio libre y criticó la intervención excesiva del Estado en la economía. Sus ideas influyeron en economistas y pensadores liberales de distintas generaciones. Hoy es considerado una figura clave en la divulgación de la economía clásica y liberal.

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