What books should I read to get schooled on politics, government, and economics?

A few that I would suggest are:

The Republic - Plato

Politics – Aristotle

Leviathan - Hobbs

The Prince - Machiavelli

Two Treatises on Government – John Locke **

On the Social Contract - Jean Jacque Rousse

The Federalist - Publius

The Anti-Federalist - Various

Constitution of Liberty – F.A. Hayek

Economics in One Lesson – Henry Hazlitt **

Communist Manifesto – Karl Marx and Engels **

The Road to Serfdom – F.A. Hayek

Man, Economy, and State - Rothbard

**These are easy too read, so if you're just looking for a breif understanding these are a good place to start.

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http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html

http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbe...

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h....

http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/locke/

http://www.constitution.org/jjr/socon.htm

http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2674/the-federalist-...

http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Federalist-Abridgment-C...

http://www.amazon.com/Constitution-Liberty-Definit...

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in_one_lesson.pdf