author
Henry Hazlitt
1894–1993
Best known for making economics clear to everyday readers, this American writer and journalist spent decades arguing for free markets and careful thinking about unintended consequences. His work helped turn complex policy debates into plain, memorable lessons.
2 Audiobooks
Thinking as a Science
by Henry Hazlitt
The free man's library : a descriptive and critical bibliography
by Henry Hazlitt
About the author
Born in Philadelphia on November 28, 1894, and raised in Brooklyn, Henry Hazlitt became one of the best-known American voices writing about economics for general readers. He worked as a journalist and editor for major publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Newsweek, building a reputation for explaining business and public policy in direct, readable prose.
Hazlitt is most closely associated with Economics in One Lesson, first published in 1946. The book became his best-known work because it takes a simple idea—looking not just at the immediate effects of a policy, but also at its longer-term effects on everyone—and applies it to taxes, wages, prices, and government spending. He also wrote many other books and essays on economics, politics, and philosophy over a career that lasted more than seventy years.
He died on July 9, 1993. Today, Hazlitt is still widely read by readers interested in free-market economics, especially because he had a gift for turning abstract ideas into language that felt practical and easy to follow.