The 
                                    Concise Guide 
                                     to Economics
                                            Third Edition
                                              Jim Cox
                                                    Ludwig 
                                                    von Mises 
                                                    Institute
                                                    AUBURN, ALABAMA
              Underlying most arguments against the free market is a
              lack of belief in freedom itself.
                                  Milton Friedman
          Third edition © copyright 2007 by Jim Cox
          Second edition © copyright 1997 by Jim Cox
          First editon © copyright 1995 by Jim Cox
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                  To my parents, 
                  Harry Maxey Cox
                     and 
                  Helen Kelly Cox