HENRY HAZLITT ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, INC. IRVINGTON-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK POCKET BOOKS, INC., ROCKEFELLER CENTER, N. Y.The Printing History of ECONOMICS EIN ONE LESSON Harper & Brothers edition published July, 1946 Ast PRINTING . ULY, 1946 2ND PRINTING .. ULY, 1946 3RD PRINTING . -AUGUST, 1946 4TH PRINTING . OCTOBER, 1946 STH PRINTING . FEBRUARY, 1947 6TH PRINTING . FEBRUARY, 1948 Reader’s Digest condensed version published August, 1946; February, 1948 Spanish edition (Editorial Kraft, Buenos Aires) published December, 1947 Pocket Book edition published November, 1948 1st PRINTING ..., + QCTOBER, 1948 Special edition for ‘The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc. May, 1952 PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. ‘This PeckeT Book edition is published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers CopyaicuT, 1946, 1948, sy Harper & BaoTHERS~Henry Hazlitt has been interpreting business trends for the American people for the past 35 years. Starting in the field of economics as a reporter on the Wall Street Journal, he has served on the financial and editorial staffs of several of the great New York newspapers, including the Sun, the Herald, and the Times. In addition, he has been associated with The Nation, and edited American Mercury and the Freeman. Mr. Hazlitt has traveled exten- sively in Europe and South America for on- the-spot studies of world economic conditions. Since 1946, he has been a contributing editor to Newsweek magazine, where his weekly column, “Business Tides,” is a regular feature. Born in Philadelphia, in 1894, he attended the College of the City of New York and served with Air Service, U.S. Army, in World War L. He is the author of many books and pamphlets dealing with economics, among which are Will Dollars Save the World? and The Great Idea, He is also well known as a lecturer and literary critic.