You just got Wurzelbached

I didn't know being an unlicensed plumber qualified one to suggest heavyweight economic texts. How is this guy still making news? Granted, it is American Spectator, but still. Joe the Plumber's favorite books (sigh)...

Temples of Convenience—and Chambers of Delight (Lucinda Lambton): "It shed a great deal of light on the development of the lavatory, or as we say over home, 'the hutch.'" Most of the privies in the book are "the product of non-union labor." 

Flushed with Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper (Wallace Reyburn): "Just when you think you know everything about plumbing, this book comes along."

Plumber's Handbook (Howard C. Massey): Particularly useful "on the topics of greasy waste systems, outside waste interceptors, and what for me has been a longtime conundrum, local gas codes." 

The Theory of Money and Credit (Ludwig von Mises): "It brought monetary theory into the mainstream of economic analysis. It is important reading for these troubled times."

Tyler Cowen thinks Ron Paul's camp fed Joe the von Mises. Not a bad guess, though I would venture that he's gearing up for a 2010 House run. His platform? The exact opposite of this.

(HT: Democracy in America)