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RE: How to give yourself a college or graduate education without spending a dime
Self-teaching is how I truly became libertarian. Being French-speaking, I was able to find the original works (online) of Bastiat, Say and even Cantillon (harder to understand because written in older French). I don't know German, but I still read pretty much everything Mises wrote, and it was a complete revelation.
Bastiat and Mises are excellent...you might try F.A. Hayek (The Road to Serfdom or The Fatal Conceit) if you can find them in French- Bon Chance!
I either try the original language or English since the latter is easier to find. I did read some Hayek; the Road to Serfdom was excellent. Intellectuals and Socialism was also good.
You bring up an EXCELLENT point that I didn't make.
The texts etc often summarize original works, but very often dont require reading the original.
Every time something is summarized, it loses a little subtle understanding
I also wonder if the wit - especially when it comes to Bastiat - has been translated correctly