Books
From everyday economics to arguments about money, work and public debt. Explore a book and the essays that continue its discussion.
2025
Why do investors keep lending to Washington? Tamny approaches the national debt through the government’s access to present and future tax revenue. He challenges remedies from the left, right and supply-side tradition that seek to improve the Treasury’s finances without addressing that underlying access to wealth.
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With Jack Ryan · 2024
Jack Ryan and John Tamny challenge the assumption that owning a home is the surest path to wealth. They examine the relationship between housing, mobility and the time people can devote to the work they do best.
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2022
Tamny examines what currencies measure and how misunderstandings about money affect arguments over prices and inflation. The book connects those questions to the emergence of cryptocurrencies.
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2021
Tamny critiques the political response to the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on the effects of restrictions on economic activity and human exchange. He argues that prosperity and the information generated by free people matter to societies’ ability to respond to threats.
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2019
A book for readers dissatisfied with the economic arguments offered by both major political camps. Tamny considers public policy from the perspective of individual freedom and the conditions that enable people to produce.
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2018
What would it mean for more people to earn a living doing something they love? Tamny explores how rising prosperity and specialization can change the kinds of work available to individuals.
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2016
Tamny examines the role of the Federal Reserve through an argument about money, credit and economic production. Everyday examples help introduce his challenge to familiar accounts of central-bank power.
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2015
Tamny introduces economic ideas through familiar people, businesses and popular culture. The book uses examples from entertainment and sport to make questions about production, exchange and prosperity approachable.
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