Economics

Manuel Ayau on Liberty and the Fundamentals of Economic Exchange II

ABSTRACT

In this conference we discussed some of the intellectual influences on Mr. Ayau as well as his own writings.

READING LIST

From Liberty Fund

Education in a Free Society

by Edited and with an Introduction by Anne Husted Burleigh

A position paper by Benjamin A. Rogge and Pierre F. Goodrich leads off this fine collection advocating an educational system based strictly on private and voluntary institutions.

Anne Husted Burleigh is a writer and a contributing editor for Crisis.

/ Learn More

Planning for Freedom

by By Ludwig von Mises
Edited by Bettina Bien Greaves

In this anthology, Mises offers an articulate and accessible introduction to and critique of two topics he considers especially important: inflation and government interventionism. Mises believes inflation, that is monetary expansion, is destructive; it destroys savings and investment, which are the basis for production and prosperity. Government controls and economic…

/ Learn More

Additional Readings

“Universidad Francisco Marroquín Philosophy Statement and Manuel F. Ayau's January 15, 1972 Inaugural Address.” Universidad Francisco Marroquín. https://www.ufm.edu/uploads/IdearioUFM.pdf (Accessed August 18, 2010).

Ayau, Manuel. Not a Zero-Sum Game: The Paradox of Exchange. Guatemala City: Universidad Francisco Marroquin, 2007.

Ayau, Manuel. “Por Que No Tengo Bicicileta? [Why Don't I Have a Bicycle?].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, August 1971.

Ayau, Manuel. “La Justa Distribución de la Riqueza [The Just Distribution of Wealth].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, May 1964.

Ayau, Manuel. “Libertad y Progreso [Liberty and Progress].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, August 1966.

Ayau, Manuel. “El Capital y la Liberación de la Pobreza [Capital and Liberation from Poverty].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, August 1976.

Ayau, Manuel. “Impuesto Sobre la Renta [Income Tax].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, June 1963.

Ayau, Manuel. “Quien paga los impuestos? [Who Pays Taxes?].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, February 1967.

Ayau, Manuel. “A Donde Vas Tomás? [Where Are You Going, Thomas?].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, September 1968.

Ayau, Manuel. “Se Necesita Economista [Economist Wanted].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, February 1968.

Ayau, Manuel. “Robinson y Viernes Inventan el Mercomún [Robinson and Friday Invent the Central American Common Market].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, June 1968.

Ayau, Manuel. “Carter y Yo (Carter and I).” El Imparcial (July 1978): 1-3.

Ayau, Manuel. “Como Subir Los Salarios [How to Raise Salaries].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, March 1976.

Ayau, Manuel. “Como Subdesarrollar un País en Diez Lecciones [How to Under Develop a Country in Ten Easy Lessons].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, November 1971.

Ayau, Manuel. “La Sardina y el Tiburon [The Sardine and the Shark].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, December 1982.

Ayau, Manuel. “La Maraña de la Ley [The Tangle of Laws].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, December 1992.

Ayau, Manuel. “Un Juego para Reflexionar [A Game to Reflect].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, December 2001.

Ayau, Manuel. “Una Vista Retrospectiva 34 años Después [A Retrospective View 34 Years Later].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, March 2005.

Ayau, Manuel. “Los Campesinos Reclaman Tierras [Peasants Demand Land].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, March 1995 .

Ayau, Manuel. “Mercantilismo versus Mercado [Mercantilism versus the Market].” CEES, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, October 1991.

Ayau, Manuel et al. “Propuesta de Reforma Constitucional [Constitutional Reform Proposal].” Asociación Pro Reforma del Estado mediante una constitución de principios, Guatemala Legislature, May 2009.

Ayau, Manuel F. Memoirs and Comments on the Founding of Universidad Francisco Marroquin and its Antecedents. Guatemala: UFM (Universidad Franscisco Marroquin), 1992.

Hayek, Friedrich A. Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 3: The Political Order of a Free People. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.

Mises, Ludwig von. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Volume 1. Edited by Bettina Bien Greaves. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007.