and one of them is Hayek's Constitution of Liberty,

一本是海耶克的《自由宪章》
which you've seen two chapters of online.

你们在网上已经看过两章了
Another is Hernando de Soto's Mystery of Capital

另一本是赫尔南多·德·索托《资本的秘密》
and the third, and by far most entertaining,

第三本也是目前最有娱乐性的一本
is Aravind Adiga's, The White Tiger.

是阿拉文德·阿迪加的《白老虎》
In today's class we're talking about something really foundational,

今天我们要讲的东西非常基础
and it is basically a pragmatic

基本上是实际的
or practical theory of freedom.

或者说现实的自由理论
Why is freedom a good thing?

为什么自由好呢
This is a much less high-flown theory

它远没有很多哲学家说的
than many philosophers would give.

那么崇高
Hayek after all was an economist.

说到底海耶克是个经济学家