University of Common Sense » Study Guide http://universityofcommonsense.org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:58:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Study Guide http://universityofcommonsense.org/study-guide/study-guide/ http://universityofcommonsense.org/study-guide/study-guide/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:46:39 +0000 admin http://universityofcommonsense.org/?p=397 We have put together this University of Common Sense study guide to help visitors get started in their rediscovery of Liberty and related topics in bite size pieces. This guide is a mix of recommended videos, articles and books related to Liberty, the Constitution, the role of government, money and economics. Learn what it means to be free according to our founding; why the US is not a democracy but instead a Republic; original Constitutional principles, how wealth is created and a sobering look at our national debt. We have also included a list of the top 5 must read books, but don’t stop there, keep learning! If you find this guide helpful, make sure to share it with your friends and family!

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Liberty 101

VIDEO: Philosophy of Liberty (8:16)

Document: The Declaration of Independence (Abridged)

VIDEO: Founding Political Philosophy

VIDEO: Political Spectrum and the Role of Government (3 short videos: 7:00, 6:16, 5:21)

The US Constitution 101

VIDEO: US Constitution (video) (5 short videos: 6:10, 6:39, 5:07, 5:51, 6:11)

Article: US Constitution Simplified

Document: US Constitution (text)

VIDEO: Federal Government ‘Benevolence’ (8:42)

The US Bill of Rights 101

Text and VIDEO: Bill of Rights (short video for each original amendment)

Economics 101

VIDEO: Keynesian Economics (7:29)

VIDEO: The Broken Window Fallacy (3:32)

VIDEO: 4 Ways to Spend Money (2:20)

VIDEO: Government and Prosperity (7:45)

Money and Banking 101

VIDEO: The History of Money (2 short videos: 8:59, 4:27)

VIDEO: Banking and The Federal Reserve (41:31)

Article: Wealth and Prosperity

Article: As Good as Gold

National Debt 101

VIDEO: Spending Dive (2:44)

VIDEO: National Budget Crisis (abbreviated version) (32:27)

Top 5 Must Read Books

The Law, Fredric Bastiat  — (FREE Audio Book Here)

Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt — (FREE Audio Discussion Here)

The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek

Hamilton’s Curse, Thomas Di Lorenzo

Meltdown, Thomas Woods

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