100 Best Microeconomics Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt

5.0

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? Freakonomics will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.

These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven

Recommended by Malcolm Gladwell, Daymond John, Ev Williams, and 12 others.

Malcolm Gladwell

Writer & Journalist

I don’t need to say much here. This book invented an entire genre. Economics was never supposed to be this entertaining. [source]

Daymond John

Founder/FUBU

I love newer books like this book. [source]

James Altucher

Founder/StockPickr

James Altucher recommended this book on the podcast "The Tim Ferriss Show". [source]

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

5.0

Preview Summary

If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.

The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.

Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation,

Recommended by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, and 77 others.

Elon Musk

Founder/SpaceX

Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.” - Elon Mus [source]

Mark Zuckerberg

Founder/Facebook

This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world. [source]

Ben Horowitz

Co-founder/Andreessen Horowitz

Zero To One is a great book. I learned a lot reading it. [source]

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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler

5.0

Preview Summary

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving educ

Recommended by Dan Ariely, Vinod Khosla, Vinod Khosla, and 18 others.

Dan Ariely

Author

Nudge is a very important book. One of the reasons Nudge is so important is because it’s taking these ideas and applying them to the policy domain. Here are the mistakes we make. Here are the ways marketers are trying to influence us. Here’s the way we might be able to fight back. If policymakers understood these principles, what could they do? The other important thing about the book is that it describes, in detail, small interventions. It’s basically a book about cheap persuasion. [source]

Eric Ries

Founder/Long-Term Stock Exchange

A pioneer in behavioral economics and just recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, his classic book on how to make better decisions. [source]

Ryan Holiday

Author

This might feel like a weird book to include, but I think it presents another side of strategy that is too often forgotten. It’s not always about bold actors and strategic thrusts. Sometimes strategy is about subtle influence. Sometimes it is framing and small tweaks that change behavior. We can have big aims, but get there with little moves. This book has excellent examples of that kind of thinking and how it is changing politics, government and business. My favorite example is about the bumblebee that they started putting on urinals–which drastically reduced the amount of spray and spillage because it changed where men aimed when they peed. It’s not exactly the coolest strategy but it solved a problem. So we can learn from it. [source]

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The Richest Man in Babylon

George S Clason

4.8

Preview Summary

This hardcover edition is cleanly formatted for easy reading. 12 point Garamond, 1.25 spacing. The Richest Man in Babylon is a timeless classic, revealing the secrets to making money and keeping it. This inspirational book is hailed as the greatest of books on finances. It unveils the secrets to wealth, providing priceless suggestions, advice, unforgettable parables, financial problem-solving tool

Recommended by Daymond John, Aisha Yesufu, DJ Vlad, and 6 others.

Daymond John

Founder/FUBU

Daymond John said this is one of his most-recommended books. [source]

Aisha Yesufu

@seundavidpaul 👏👏👏👏👏 This is a great book [source]

David Heinemeier Hansson

This is a 1920s classic version of How To Get Rich. The ancestor of all the pale imitations, like Rich Dad/Poor Dad, that came since. And while I scoffed at plenty of the allegories from ancient Babylon that presents the lessons, it was still a neat package. And at least ancient Babylon is a more interesting backdrop for teaching lessons about money than some suburban house flipper. I ended up liking it more at the end than I did at the beginning. It’s also a really interesting tie-in with that debt history book. [source]

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Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

4.6

Preview Summary

One of the most popular personal development and self-improvement books of all time, Think and Grow Rich has sold over 100 million copies worldwide since its first publication during the Great Depression. In this hardcover edition, Napoleon Hill presents a "Philosophy of Achievement" in 13 principles drawn from the success stories of such greats as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and o

Recommended by Tony Robbins, Daymond John, John C. Maxwell, and 23 others.

Daymond John

Founder/FUBU

The main takeaway from this book was goal-setting. It was the fact that if you don't set a specific goal, then how can you expect to hit it? [source]

Adam Haritan

For anyone interested in my career path, I’d recommend books in various genres. On a real practical level, I’d certainly recommend reading any and all plant/mushroom/tree/ecology/nature books you can acquire. It’s even more helpful to read the books that pertain specifically to your ecosystem and bioregion. Additionally, I’d also recommend reading a plethora of business and marketing books — both old and new alike. Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini, and anything by Seth Godin would be my top recommendations. And of course, every book I mentioned in the previous answers are strongly recommended as well. [source]

Alan Pierce

This book dramatically changed the way I structured my day to day life. Based on over two decades of personal interviews and studies of some of history's’ greatest minds, the author distills the lessons he learned and details how you can train and condition your mind through daily habit to master your actions. The way it promotes a disciplined and holistic approach of continual self-improvement, goal setting and strategic decision making really resonated with me. [source]

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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Steven D. Levitt

4.6

The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.

Four years in the making, SuperFre

Recommended by Bill Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Daymond John, and 2 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

I recommend this book to anyone who reads nonfiction. It is very well written and full of great insights. [source]

Fabrice Grinda

I have lots of books to recommend, but they are not related to my career path. The only one that is remotely related is Peter Thiel’s Zero to One. That said here are books I would recommend. [source]

Keith Slotter

These two gentlemen wrote the first book several years ago and SuperFreakonomics just came out. The books are very interesting on crime theory. Their theories are controversial. For example, they link a decrease in crime to the legalisation of abortion. In a nutshell they say that abortion stopped a whole new generation of criminals from being born. And that is because they say abortion is most prominent among the lowest class people. That is, of course, not a politically correct statement to make, but when you go through their numbers and what they have done, sadly there rings a strong sound of truth in their argument. So, I would encourage anyone with an open mind to read these books and give it some thought. Read 4 The Cell by John Miller, Michael Stone, and Chris Mitchell Read [source]

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Principles Of Microeconomics With Coursemate, 6 Ed

Mankiw

4.6

Paperback International Edition … Same contents as in the US edition at Low Cost !!

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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

Carlota Perez

4.6

Preview Summary

Recommended by Steve Blank, Azeem Azhar, Andrew Curry, and 1 others.

Andrew Curry

Carlota Perez comes out of a whole set of arguments which basically go back to Kondratiev. Kondratiev was the Soviet economist who said there seem to be long-wave downturns and upturns in cycles of around fifty years. He got shot by Stalin for his trouble. He first wrote the paper in 1924. There follows seventy years of argument whether it’s true – the price evidence seem to think it’s true: long upswing, long downswing – and why it’s true, and there’s different views on that: some of it’s about economics, some of it’s about capital investment, some of it’s about innovation cycles. Carlota Perez effectively cut through the disputes. [source]

Meltem Demirors

@amazon 3/ if we look at bitcoin investing, it follows the cyclical trend outlined by the brilliant @CarlotaPrzPerez in her book "technological revolutions and financial bubbles" bitcoin is a secular investment (if you zoom out, up and to the right) that operates in cycles https://t.co/5e0XRUgzae [source]

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

4.5

Preview Summary

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of 21st-century America's most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality

Recommended by Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Noah Kagan, and 1 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book about the eviction crisis in Milwaukee. Desmond has written a brilliant portrait of Americans living in poverty. He gave me a better sense of what it is like to be poor in this country than anything else I have read. [source]

Satya Nadella

CEO/Microsoft

Nadella is using this season to learn more in a variety of subjects. By the looks of it, he is interested in, among other things, virtual reality, the refugee crisis, and housing for the urban poor. [source]

Noah Kagan

Founder/Sumo

Surprising insights into the lives of people who were evicted. I make a lot of assumptions about these people. Turns out I was wrong WHY they get evicted. [source]

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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

Ben Goldacre

4.4

Preview Summary

The informative and witty expose of the "bad science" we are all subjected to, called "one of the essential reads of the year" by New Scientist.

We are obsessed with our health. And yet — from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, and via multiple health scares and miracle cures — we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory,

Recommended by Timothy Ferriss, Bryan Callen, Charles Poliquin, and 2 others.

Timothy Ferriss

Author & Entrepreneur

I agree wholeheartedly with a lot of the co-opted science, which people can read a book called Bad Science, which is by a doctor named Ben Goldacre. It’s great. [source]

Bryan Callen

Great book, yeah. [source]

Charles Poliquin

You would stop making those dumb comments if you read this book. [source]

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Cracking the AP Economics Micro & Macro Exams, 2020 Edition: Practice Tests & Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5

The Princeton Review

4.4

THIS JUST IN! As of 3/20/20, in response to the novel coronavirus (covid-19), the College Board has decided to administer all 2020 exams online. You'll still be able to prep with this book! But for your best results, you'll want to modify what you're focusing on (both question types and content). Remember, everyone's in the same boat, so just do your best and keep practicing. You've got

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Discrimination and Disparities

Thomas Sowell

4.4

An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities

Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate

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A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

4.3

Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model for The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple sneakers and writing numerology treatises on

Recommended by Ariel Rubinstein and Diane Coyle.

Ariel Rubinstein

The story of John Nash is really a human story – I don’t think it sheds much light on game theory. But it gives hope to people dealing with this disease. [source]

Diane Coyle

This is a terrific book for just saying something about what game theory helps to do, without plunging you into all the complicated mathematics of how to do it in practice. [source]

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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Carmen Reinhart

4.3

Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different"--claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. With this breakthrough study, leading econo

Recommended by Bill Gates, Andrew W Lo, Charles Morris, and 2 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

On Bill Gates's reading list in 2012. [source]

Andrew W Lo

They…took an enormous amount of time to put together datasets that allow us to look back eight centuries and ask, quantitatively, whether there are any common denominators to financial crises. And the not-surprising answer is, ‘Yes, absolutely.’ [source]

Charles Morris

The great thing that Rogoff and Reinhart have done is they’ve assembled this huge database. They’ve gone back 800 years and you can see roughly what’s been going on with government borrowing and lending over that time. [source]

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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, et al.

4.3

This is the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based. What began more than sixty years ago as a modest proposal that a mathematician and an economist write a short paper together blossomed, in 1944, when Princeton University Press published Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. In it, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern conceived a groundbreaking mathematical theory of economic

Recommended by Ariel Rubinstein.

Ariel Rubinstein

This was the first comprehensive attempt to put many game theoretical ideas together. They set up the style, the concepts and the level of abstraction. [source]

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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

Jacqueline Novogratz

4.3

For the first 5,000 copies of The Blue Sweater purchased, a $15 donation per book will be made to Acumen Fund, a nonprofit that invests in transformative businesses to solve the problems of poverty.

The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. It al

Recommended by Seth Godin and Nicholas Kristof.

Seth Godin

Author, Marketer, Entrepreneur

As we head toward the end of the year, I think you'll find inspiration in the work of people who show up and do the work. Daily. For decades. Jacqueline Novogratz and her classic book, The Blue Sweater continue to change lives. [source]

Nicholas Kristof

The Blue Sweater is a book by somebody who has really pioneered the use of business solutions to address poverty, Jacqueline Novogratz. [source]

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The Great Crash 1929

John Kenneth Galbraith

4.3

Of Galbraith's classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse, the Atlantic Monthly said:"Economic writings are seldom notable for their entertainment value, but this book is. Galbraith's prose has grace and wit, and he distills a good deal of sardonic fun from the whopping errors of the nation's oracles and the wondrous antics of the financial community." Now, with the stock market riding his

Recommended by John Gapper and Raoul Pal.

John Gapper

The book shows his talent as a popular economist. It’s not chiefly a work of economics, though it does analyse the causes of the Great Depression. It’s more a work of history, almost of journalism. For an academic, Galbraith writes unusually well. [source]

Raoul Pal

@operationtrader It’s a great book. After that, read Lords of Finance and Manias, crashes and panics [source]

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Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach

Hal R. Varian

4.3

This best-selling text is still the most modern presentation of the subject. The Varian approach gives students tools they can use on exams, in the rest of their classes, and in their careers after graduation.

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Microeconomics: Principles for a Changing World

Eric Chiang

4.3

With this edition, Eric Chiang begins a new era for his acclaimed principles of economics textbook. Formerly CoreEconomics and now titled Economics: Principles for a Changing World, the new edition is thoroughly contemporary, fully integrated print/technology resource that adapts to the way you want to teach. As always, this concise book focuses on the topics most often covered in the principles c

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Advanced Microeconomic Theory

Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J. Reny

4.3

Your classic advanced microeconomic theory textbook delivering rigorous coverage of modern microeconomics.

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The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume One: Microeconomics

Bauman

4.3

The award-winning illustrator Grady Klein has paired up with the world's only stand-up economist, Yoram Bauman, PhD, to take the dismal out of the dismal science. From the optimizing individual to game theory to price theory, The Cartoon Introduction to Economics is the most digestible, explicable, and humorous 200-page introduction to microeconomics you'll ever read.

Bauman has put the "comedy" in

Recommended by Tim Harford.

Tim Harford

For anybody who wants to learn the economics jargon, or anyone who is starting out studying an economics course, this is just a brilliant source. [source]

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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

Ben Goldacre

4.3

Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it’s based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much

Recommended by Timothy Ferriss.

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Microeconomic Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets

David M. Kreps

4.3

"Microeconomic Foundations I" develops the choice, price, and general equilibrium theory topics typically found in first-year theory sequences, but in deeper and more complete mathematical form than most standard texts provide. The objective is to take the reader from acquaintance with these foundational topics to something closer to mastery of the models and results connected to them. Provides a

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That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Not Seen

Frédéric Bastiat

4.3

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Microeconomics

Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, et al.

4.3

For courses in Principles of Microeconomics. An evidence-based approach to economics Throughout Microeconomics, 2nd Edition, authors Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, and John List use real economic questions and data to help readers learn about the world around them. Taking a fresh approach, they use the themes of optimization, equilibrium, and empiricism to not only illustrate the power of simple

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Market Microstructure and the Theory of the Firm

Daniel F. Spulber

4.2

This book presents a theory of the firm based on its economic role as an intermediary between customers and suppliers. Professor Spulber demonstrates how the intermediation theory of the firm explains firm formation by showing how they arise in a market equilibrium. In addition, the theory helps explain how markets work by showing how firms select market-clearing prices. Models of intermediation a

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Microeconomics

WAUD, HOCKING, BONNICI, WARD

4.2

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The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

Owen Jones

4.2

In The Establishment Owen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting critique of the British Establishment and a passionate plea for democracy

Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a j

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Microeconomics

Heinz Kohler

4.2

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Microeconomics for Beginners (www.GlobalFinanceSchool.com for Beginners)

ShlomoSimanovsk

4.2

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The Undercover Economist

Tim Harford

4.2

Preview Summary

An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events, explaining everything from traffic jams to high coffee prices.
The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why they can't seem to find a decent second-hand car

Recommended by Fabrice Grinda and Ola Olusoga.

Fabrice Grinda

I have lots of books to recommend, but they are not related to my career path. The only one that is remotely related is Peter Thiel’s Zero to One. That said here are books I would recommend. [source]

Ola Olusoga

Like Charlie Munger once said: “I’ve long believed that a certain system - which almost any intelligent person can learn - works way better than the systems most people use to understand the world. What you need is a latticework of mental models in your head. And, with that system, things gradually fit together in a way that enhances cognition. Just as multiple factors shape every system, multiple mental models from a variety of disciplines are necessary to understand that system". You can read this book to start building a "latticework of mental models in your head". [source]

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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Sendhil Mullainathan

4.2

Preview Summary

Audiobook: 8 hrs and 47 mins

A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture

Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why do the lonely find it hard to make friends? These questions seem unconnected, yet Sendhil Mullainathan

Recommended by Daniel Kahneman and Esther Dyson.

Esther Dyson

An explanation of scarcity for rich intellectuals, showing how poor people do stupid things for lack of money, while rich people do stupid things for lack of time. [source]

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Think like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

4.2

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.

Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventio

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The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

Mariana Mazzucato

4.2

Modern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to insure a capitalism that works for us all.

In this scathing indictment of our current global financial system, The Value of Everything rigorously scrutinizes the way in which economic value has been determined and reveals how the difference between value creation and value extraction has become increasi

Recommended by Pia Mancini.

Pia Mancini

@soulafloat @MazzucatoM @ValeriaLuiselli @MazzucatoM's one is great book! Super insightful. I'll add @ValeriaLuiselli to my list! Thank you [source]

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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

E. F. Schumacher

4.2

"Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom."
—Newsweek

One the 100 most influential books published since World War II
—The Times Literary Supplement

Hailed as an "eco-bible" by Time magazine, E.F. Schumacher's riveting, richly researched statement on sustainability has become more relevant and vital with each year since its initial groundbreaking publication during the 19

Recommended by Emma Watson.

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Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution

Samuel Bowles

4.2

In this novel introduction to modern microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles returns to the classical economists' interest in the wealth and poverty of nations and people, the workings of the institutions of capitalist economies, and the coevolution of individual preferences and the structures of markets, firms, and other institutions. Using recent advances in evolutionary game theory, contract theory

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Microeconomics

Robert Pindyck

4.2

A book that provides a treatment of microeconomic theory that stresses the relevance and application to managerial and public policy decision making.

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Microeconomics: Individual Choice in Communities

Gerald Friedman

4.2

The neoclassical vision of economies characterized by rational, self-interested individuals interacting in perfectly competitive markets can have, especially for students with little or no prior study of economics, an appealing simplicity and certainty: the result is perfectly efficient, each gets what he or she deserves, and any outside interference can only be for the worse. It’s liable even to

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Barron's AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics,

Frank Musgrave Ph.D., Elia Kacapyr Ph.D., et al.

4.2

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Microeconomics

Timothy Tregarthen, Libby Rittenberg

4.2

Using examples and applications, this book helps students to analyze current events in a microeconomic context, showing how economic forces influence real issues and real people.

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Price Theory

Milton Friedman

4.2

Economics is sometimes divided into two parts: positive economics and normative economics. The former deals with how the economic problem is solved, while the latter deals with how the economic problem should be solved. The effects of price or rent control on the distribution of income are problems of positive economics. The desirability of these effects on income distribution is a problem of norm

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Economics: The User's Guide

Ha-Joon Chang

4.2

In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works—in real-world terms. Writing with irreverent wit, a deep knowledge of history, and a disregard for conventional economic pie

Recommended by Ella Botting.

Ella Botting

A simple but in depth guide to economics that isn’t patronising. Always good to know about money & financial systems once you start earning! [source]

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The Economics of Imperfect Competition

Joan Robinson

4.1

The Economics of Imperfect Competition

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Microeconomics

Paul Krugman

4.1

When it comes drawing on enduring economic principles to explain current economic realities, there is no one readers trust more than Paul Krugman. With his bestselling introductory textbook (now in a new edition) the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist is proving to be equally effective in the classroom, with more and more instructors in all types of schools using Krugman’s signature story

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The Success Equation

Michael J. Mauboussin

4.1

Recommended by Vinod Khosla, Vinod Khosla, Jessica Livingston, and 1 others.

Steve Burns

@RampCapitalLLC @mjmauboussin I’m reading this now, great book! [source]

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Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything

Hermann Simon

4.1

The world s foremost expert on pricing strategy shows how this mysterious process works and how to maximize value through pricing to company and customer.

In all walks of life, we constantly make decisions about whether something is worth our money or our time, or try to convince others to part with their money or their time. Price is the place where value and money meet. From the global release of

Recommended by Leo Polovets.

Leo Polovets

@BluegrassCap Great book. Monetizing Innovation by @madhavansf is excellent, too. [source]

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The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good

David J. Linden

4.1

A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions.

Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of Pleasure Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain.

As he did i

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Development Microeconomics

Pranab Bardhan, Christopher Udry

4.1

Traditional development economics has been revolutionized by the application of economic tools and concepts. This text looks at the entire spectrum of development economics issues, combining the strengths of conventional developmental thought with the insights of contemporary mainstream economics. The main new conceptual tool used is the application of the theory of imperfect information and the e

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Notes on the Theory of Choice

David Kreps

4.1

In this book, Professor Kreps presents a first course on the basic models of choice theory that underlie much of economic theory. This course, taught for several years at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, gives the student an introduction to the axiomatic method of economic analysis, without placing too heavy a demand on mathematical sophistication.

The course begins with the ba

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Economics for the Common Good

Jean Tirole, Steven Rendall

4.1

From the Nobel Prize-winning economist, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society

When Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by strangers and asked to comment on current events far from his own research. His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect more deeply on the role economis

Recommended by Diane Coyle.

Diane Coyle

Jean Tirole wrote this book after he won his Nobel Prize in 2014 because, he said, people kept coming up to him and saying, ‘ Tell us what it’s all about!’ For the first time, he felt that he ought to write a book that was accessible to people who wanted to learn from him. [source]

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Irrational Exuberance

Robert J. Shiller

4.1

Preview Summary

As Robert Shiller’s new 2009 preface to his prescient classic on behavioral economics and market volatility asserts, the irrational exuberance of the stock and housing markets “has been ended by an economic crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.” As we all, ordinary Americans and professional investors alike, crawl from the wreckage of our heedless bubble economy,

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I Think You'll Find it's a Bit More Complicated Than That

Ben Goldacre

4.1

The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In 'Bad Science', Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In 'Bad Pharma', he put the $600 billion global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. Now the pick of the journalism by one of our wi

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Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions

Walter Nicholson

4.1

Nicholson's Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions, 9th edition is a tried-and-true, well-known and respected market-leading text. Applauded for providing the most clear and accurate presentation of advanced microeconomic concepts, it offers an ideal level of mathematical rigor for upper level undergraduate students and beginning graduate students. It gives students the opportunity

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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

Charles Wheelan

4.1

At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be able to put this bestseller down. In our challenging economic climate, this perennial favorite of students and general readers is more than a good read, it’s a necessary investment—with a blessedly sure rate of return. This revised and updated edition includes commentary on hot topics such as automation

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A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Ruby K. Payne

4.1

People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--challenges from both obvious and hidden sources. The reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality, and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by everyone else. If you work with people from poverty, some understanding of how different their world is from yours will be invaluable. Whet

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Microeconomics

Campbell McConnell, Stanley Brue, et al.

4.1

McConnell/Brue/Flynn has long set the standard for providing high-quality content to instructors and students alike. Known for versatility, comprehensiveness, and persistent innovation, it has remained one of the most trusted and reliable choices for principles of economics courses. The 21st edition continues to benefit from author Sean Flynn's influence with new discussions on strategic behavior,

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Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach

James Mitchell Henderson, Richard E. Quandt

4.1

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Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism

Richard Wolff

4.1

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House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again

Atif Mian

4.1

The Great American Recession resulted in the loss of eight million jobs between 2007 and 2009. More than four million homes were lost to foreclosures. Is it a coincidence that the United States witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before the recession—that the total amount of debt for American households doubled between 2000 and 2007 to $14 trillion? Definitely not. Armed with

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Essentials of Microeconomics

John G. Riley

4.1

In this textbook you can read about how to develop models that describes how an economy works. The book provides a comprehensive overview of all facets from Microeconomics.

Starting with the market, consumers and producers followed by demand and production. You can also read about Monopoly, Price discrimination and Game theory.

Download the exercise book and test what you have learned.

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Study Guide for Microeconomics

Robert Pindyck and Daniel Rubinfeld

4.1

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An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk

Allison Schrager

4.1

A Financial Times Book of the Month pick for April!

Is it worth swimming in shark-infested waters to surf a 50-foot, career-record wave?

Is it riskier to make an action movie or a horror movie?

Should sex workers forfeit 50 percent of their income for added security or take a chance and keep the extra money?

Most people wouldn't expect an economist to have an answer to these questions—or to other

Recommended by Tyler Cowen, Adam Grant, and Nick Gillespie.

Tyler Cowen

Founder/Marginal Revolution University

Allison Schrager’s An Economist Walks Into a Brothel is the best, most readable, most informative, most adventurous, and most entertaining take on risk you will find. [source]

Adam Grant

If you want to understand risk better, you have to go into some unconventional settings. In the tradition of Freakonomics, that’s what Allison Schrager does as an economist, and her book is not just informative—it’s an entertaining read too [source]

Nick Gillespie

The world may be in flames, but are *you* taking enough risk? Great @TEDTalks from economist @AllisonSchrager, whose An Economist Walks into a Brothel, is a book-length treatment of the topic. https://t.co/SDdHAABPO4 [source]

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Microeconomics Made Simple: Basic Microeconomic Principles Explained in 100 Pages or Less

Austin Frakt

4.1

Find all of the following topics, explained in plain-English: Introduction: What is Economics? - Not a Perfect Model - Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics 1. Maximizing Utility Decreasing Marginal Utility - Opportunity Costs 2. Evaluating Production Possibilities Production Possibilities Frontiers - Absolute and Comparative Advantage 3. Demand Determinants of Demand - Elasticity of Demand - Change i

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Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...)

Ivan Pastine

4.1

Why did countries engage in a nuclear arms race? How do we make decisions when we don’t have all the information? What makes international environmental cooperation possible?

Game theory is the study of how we make a decision when the outcome of our moves depends on the decisions of someone else. But it’s not just about predicting your opponent’s next play in a game of chess; conflict and cooperati

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It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

Howard Behar

4.1

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Microeconomics (The Pearson Series in Economics)

Jeffrey M. Perloff

4.1

Microeconomics will give readers a solid foundation in microeconomic analysis, using mathematical techniques where appropriate. The book is designed to assist the student’s learning in every way possible and contains comprehensive sets of problems and examples at all stages.

The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 deals with general price formation and the optimization of production under diff

67

The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics

Rod Hill, Tony Myatt

4.1

Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science free from value judgements; that settles disputes relatively easily by testing hypotheses; that applies a settled body of principles; and contains policy prescriptions supported by a consensus of professional opinion. The Anti-Textbook argues that this is a myth - one which is not only dangerously misleading but also bland and boring.

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Introductory Microeconomics Class -11- CBSE- 2018

Vk Ohri Tr Jain

4.1

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Microeconomic Analysis

Hal R. Varian

4.1

The Third Edition continues to supply the building blocks of microeconomic analysis: a thorough treatment of optimization and equilibrium methods, coupled with numerous examples of their application. The Third Edition expands on the earlier editions in two ways. First, the coverage has been rewritten and rearranged. Second, chapters have been added on game theory, oligopoly, asset markets, and inf

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Principles of Microeconomics (Second Edition)

Lee Coppock and Dirk Mateer

4.0

An innovative instructor uses his tested insights and successful teaching practices to create a truly student-centered approach: real-world examples, pedagogy developed in his own classrooms, and problem solving tools that resonate with today s students."

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Microeconomics: Theory with Applications

B. Curtis Eaton, Diane F. Eaton, Douglas W. Allen

4.0

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Microeconomics

B. Curtis Eaton, Diane F. Eaton, Douglas W. Allen

4.0

This book teaches microeconomics as a way of looking at the world, using plenty of new applications and examples to demonstrate the theory. Because it uses calculus (only in footnotes), this book is considered to be in the upper mid-range in its mathematical rigor. An optimal balance of theory and applications is maintained by working from the specific to the general--with many lively and interest

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Principles of Macroeconomics

N. Gregory Mankiw

4.0

With its clear and engaging writing style, PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, Seventh Edition, continues to be the most popular and widely-used economics textbook among today's students. Mankiw emphasizes material that you are likely to find interesting about the economy (particularly if you are studying economics for the first time), including real-life scenarios, useful facts, and the many ways econo

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Microeconomics (Quickstudy: Business)

Inc. BarCharts

4.0

With the economy currently in turmoil, understanding how businesses and consumers interact is more important than ever?for business owners and students of economics, alike. A handy, fluff-free resource tool, our 3-panel (6-page) guide simplifies the world of microeconomics through the use of definitions, formulas and full-color tables and charts.

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Microeconomics: A Modern Approach

Andrew R. Schotter

4.0

A fresh, modern approach to intermediate economics, this book breaks with tradition in a number of innovative ways. The author uses a game-theoretical and experimental point of view and presents an unfolding theme that provides a cohesive framework for the theory. In an effort to develop students' critical thinking, he asks them to question the theory they are learning and presents them with unsol

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Principal Of Microeconomics

T.R. Jain and V.K. Ohri

4.0

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Econometric Analysis

William H. Greene

4.0

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The Economics of Contracts: A Primer

Bernard Salanie

4.0

The theory of contracts grew out of the failure of the general equilibrium model to account for the strategic interactions among agents that arise from informational asymmetries. This popular text, revised and updated throughout for the second edition, serves as a concise and rigorous introduction to the theory of contracts for graduate students and professional economists. The book presents the m

79

Balancing the Banks: Global Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Mathias Dewatripont, Jean-Charles Rochet, et al

4.0

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Value and Capital: An Inquiry Into Some Fundamental Principles of Economic Theory

John Hicks

4.0

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Economics of Strategy

David Dranove

4.0

Discover the art of strategic thinking

Revised and updated to reflect the cutting edge of academic thinking about business strategy, the Fourth Edition of Besanko, Dranove, Shanley, and Schaefer's highly acclaimed text offers a solid economic foundation for strategic analysis. By presenting basic concepts of economic theory with ideas in modern strategy literature, the book provides an economic le

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Modern Principles: Microeconomics

Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok

4.0

The title, Modern Principles, refers to a progressive approach to economic modeling and applications that allows for more realistic interpretation of today's world events.

Mirroring the authors' successful blog, the text eschews boxed features to focus on the writing behind compelling examples, key concepts, and applications.

An emphasis on incentives underscores how economics is about human behavio

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Microeconomics

R. Glenn Hubbard

4.0

For courses in the principles of microeconomics.The relevance of microeconomics shown through real-world business examples One of the challenges of teaching principles of microeconomics is fostering interest in concepts that may not seem applicable to students' lives. Microeconomics makes this topic relevant by demonstrating how real businesses use microeconomics to make decisions every day. With

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Technology And Market Structure: Theory And History

John Sutton

4.0

Traditionally, the field of industrial organization has relied on two unrelated theories--the cross-section theory and the growth-of-firms theory--to explain cross-industry differences in concentration and within-industry skewness. The two approaches are based on very different mathematical structures and few researchers have attempted to relate them to each other. In this book, John Sutton unifie

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The Mystery of Banking

Murray N. Rothbard

4.0

Talk about great timing. Rothbard's extraordinary book unravels the mystery of banking: what is legitimate enterprise and what is a government-backed shell game that can't last. His explanation is clear enough for anyone to follow and yet precise and rigorous enough to be the best, textbook for college classes on the topic. This is because its expositional clarity--in its hitosry and theory--is es

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Microeconomics: Principles and Tools

Arthur O'Sullivan, Steven Sheffrin

4.0

For 1-Semester Principles of Microeconomics courses. This Principles of Microeconomics text uses 5 key principles, and an Active Approach to teach microeconomics. O'Sullivan/Sheffrin makes use of Active Learning Tools which get students involved in role-playing, help them apply concepts, and offer reinforcement of the material (tools include: Economic Experiments, Application Questions, and Test Y

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Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction

Avinash Dixit

4.0

Microeconomics - individuals' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms' decisions about location, hiring, firing, and investment - involves issues that concern us on a daily basis. But when people think about economics, they tend to place importance on the bigger picture - macroeconomics - including issues such as unemployment, inflation, and the competitiveness

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Microeconomics

Michael Parkin

4.0

Like a lens that brings the indistinct into focus, Parkin's Microeconomics introduces students to the art of seeing the invisible, teaching them interpret the story told by the economic indicators, uncover meaning hidden in the headlines, and gain a clear vision through economic analysis. An inspired teacher and crystal-clear writer, Michael Parkin has long been dedicated to helping students disco

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Microeconomics

David Besanko and Ronald Braeutigam

4.0

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Microeconomics

Richard G. Lipsey, Paul N. Courant, Christopher T.S. Ragan

4.0

This revised edition provides an introduction to economics.

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Microeconomics for Today

Irvin B. Tucker

4.0

The most reader-friendly economics approach available, MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY, 10E by national award-winning educator Irvin Tucker presents Macro and Micro economic concepts using a writing style that is both engaging and clear, no matter what your current level of economic understanding. A unique presentation and visual learning system, colorful graphs, and Causation Chains clarify and illustra

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Microeconomics of Banking

Xavier Freixas, Jean-Charles Rochet

4.0

The second edition of an essential text on the microeconomic foundations of banking surveys the latest research in banking theory, with new material that covers recent developments in the field.

Over the last thirty years, a new paradigm in banking theory has overturned economists' traditional vision of the banking sector. The asymmetric information model, extremely powerful in many areas of econom

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Microeconomics: Theory and Applications

Anindya Sen

4.0

This book imparts an understanding of microecnomics through clear and logical expostition and demonstrates with examples the applicability of microeconomic tools to the Indian context. It covers current developments in the field, and shows the vitality and dynamism of microeconomic theory.

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Free: The Future of a Radical Price

Chris Anderson

4.0

Reveals how to run an online business profitably in spite of the Internet's inherently free culture, disseminating the principles of a ''priceless economy'' in six categories that pertain to advertising, labor exchange, and advanced-version fees.

Recommended by Andrew Mayne, Antonio Eram, and Bogdana Butnar.

Andrew Mayne

@chr1sa Re-reading Free after a decade. Still a great book. It's interesting to see how things turned out. [source]

Antonio Eram

This book was recommended by Antonio when asked for titles he would recommend to young people interested in his career path. [source]

Bogdana Butnar

I thought I might put my money where my mouth is. I keep whining that young people are not in touch with some essential books on advertising that have helped me shape the way I practise my trade today, but I never did anything about it. So I am starting here the ultimate books to read list. I will add to it as I get suggestions and as more good books get written. [source]

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Microeconomic Theory

P.R.G. Layard, A.A. Walters

4.0

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Why I am Paying More: Price Theory and Market Structure Made Simple

Satish Y Deodha

4.0

From the bestselling author of Day to Day Economics
Why do saree emporiums and apparel shops offer heavy discounts on a few occasions during the year?
Why is it that airline tickets booked well in advance are always cheaper?
How would Phoolan Devi and Veerappan react to a case of Prisoners’ Dilemma?
Professor Deodhar explains the dynamics of pricing with respect to demand and supply and the various

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Essays on the Great Depression

Ben S. Bernanke

4.0

Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Bernanke has gathered toge

Recommended by Christina Romer and Robert Barro.

Christina Romer

Bernanke’s focus turned out to be incredibly important. He changed our view of how monetary policy affects the economy. [source]

Robert Barro

Probably his most important contribution in terms of macroeconomics and financial economics. [source]

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Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck

Eliezer Yudkowsky

4.0

When should you think that you may be able to do something unusually well?

Whether you’re trying to outperform in science, or in business, or just in finding good deals shopping on eBay, it’s important that you have a sober understanding of your relative competencies.

The story only ends there, however, if you’re fortunate enough to live in an adequate civilization.

Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Inadequate Equ

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A Course in Behavioral Economics

Erik Angner

4.0

A Course in Behavioral Economics 2e is an accessible and self-contained introduction to the field of behavioral economics. The author introduces students to the subject by comparing and contrasting its theories and models with those of mainstream economics. Full of examples, exercises and problems, this book emphasises the intuition behind the concepts and is suitable for students from a wide rang

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Microeconomics

M.L. Jhingan

4.0