Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Piketty on wealth inequality and its historical patterns.
Freakonomics
Levitt on the hidden side of everything.
The Big Short Explained
Lewis explains the 2008 financial crisis.
Inside Job
Oscar-winning documentary on the 2008 financial crisis.
The Commanding Heights
The battle for the world economy in the 20th century.
The Ascent of Money
Ferguson's history of money and financial systems.
Capitalism: A Love Story
Moore's critique of American capitalism.
The Corporation
Documentary examining the nature and behavior of corporations.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
The story of Enron's spectacular rise and fall.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Keynes' revolutionary work that shaped modern macroeconomics.
The Road to Serfdom
Hayek's warning about the dangers of central planning.
Poor Economics
Nobel laureates on rethinking poverty and development.
The Bottom Billion
Collier on why the poorest countries are failing.
Dead Aid
Moyo argues that foreign aid has harmed Africa.
The Mystery of Capital
De Soto on why capitalism succeeds in the West and fails elsewhere.
Thinking Strategically
An introduction to game theory and strategic thinking.
The Black Swan
Taleb on the impact of highly improbable events.
The Undercover Economist
Harford on the economics of everyday life.
Misbehaving
Nobel laureate Thaler on the making of behavioral economics.
The Great Transformation
Polanyi's critique of market fundamentalism.
The Price of Inequality
Nobel laureate Stiglitz on how inequality endangers our future.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Smith's earlier work on ethics and human nature.
Progress and Poverty
George's influential work on land value taxation.
Basic Economics
Sowell explains economics without jargon.
Human Action
Mises on human action and the foundations of economics.
Man, Economy, and State
Rothbard's comprehensive treatise on economics.
Economics in One Lesson
Hazlitt's accessible introduction to economic thinking.
Prospect Theory
Tversky and Kahneman on prospect theory.
Governing the Commons
Nobel laureate on governing the commons.
Development as Freedom
Nobel laureate on development as freedom.
Banker to the Poor
Nobel laureate on microfinance and social business.