Deirdre N. McCloskey
The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce
"Deirdre McCloskey’s unfashionable, contrarian, and compelling manifesto in favor of what she calls the bourgeois virtues starts with an uncompromising ‘apology’ for how private property, free labor, free trade, and prudent calculation are the font of most ethical good in modern society, not a moral threat to it."—Matt Ridley, Wall Street Journal
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Anne Goldgar
Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
"Goldgar tells us at the start of her excellent debunking book: ‘Most of what we have heard of [tulipmania] is not true.’… She tells a new story."—Simon Kuper, Financial Times
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Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll
Castles, Battles, and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History
"My skepticism was relieved by the preface, my expectations enhanced by the first chapter, my confidence assured by the second. This study is serious, creative, important. As an economist I am happy to see economics so professionally applied to illuminate major decisions in the history of warfare."—Thomas C. Schelling, University of Maryland, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics
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Clair Brown, John Haltiwanger, and Julia Lane
Economic Turbulence: Is a Volatile Economy Good for America?
"This book presents important new insights into the dynamics of the American labor market. It documents the consequences of the birth and death of firms on the wages and careers of workers. A must-read for anyone interested in how the labor market actually works as opposed to popular but misleading journalistic depictions."—James J. Heckman, Winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics
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F. A. Hayek
The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents—The Definitive Edition
This classic work now includes a foreword by leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought, plus new notes and appendices.
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Julie A. Nelson
Economics for Humans
"A stunning rebuke of conventional assumptions that describe our economic system as a robot-like machine. In this deeply intelligent and personally engaging book, Julie Nelson emphasizes the tremendous influence of ethics and emotions on economic outcomes. … Everyone who studies care—or cares about social science—should read this book."—Nancy Folbre, author of The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values
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Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen
Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich
"The early financial history of the United States merits additional popular and scholarly attention, and Wright…and Cowen…provide biographical information on nine founders of America's financial and economic systems, from Alexander Hamilton to Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle."—Library Journal
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Edward Castronova
Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games
"A surprisingly profound book about the social, political, and economic issues arising from the emergence of vast multiplayer games on the Internet. What Castronova has realized is that these games, where players contribute considerable labor in exchange for things they value, are not merely like real economies, they are real economies, displaying inflation, fraud, Chinese sweatshops, and some surprising in-game innovations."—Chronicle of Higher Education
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from the University of Chicago Press
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General interest titles
- Allen, Larry: The Global Economic System since 1945
- Baker, Dean: Social Security: The Phony Crisis • Read an excerpt and an op-ed by the authors.
- Becker, Gary S.: Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism
- Brauer, Jurgen: Castles, Battles, and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History • Read an excerpt.
- Brown, Clair: Economic Turbulence: Is a Volatile Economy Good for America? • Read an excerpt.
- Caldwell, Bruce: Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek • Read an excerpt.
- Calvin, William H.: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change
- Castronova, Edward: Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games • Read an interview with the author.
- Dam, Kenneth W.: The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at US International Economic Policymaking
- Ebenstein, Alan: Friedrich Hayek: A Biography
- Einhorn, Robin L.: American Taxation, American Slavery • Read a special essay, "Tax Aversion and the Legacy of Slavery."
- Farber, David: Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors • Read an interview with the author.
- Galbraith, James K.: Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay
- Greenberg, Daniel S.: Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism
- Hayek, F. A.: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents—The Definitive Edition • Read an excerpt.
- Lanham, Richard A.: The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information • Read an excerpt.
- LePatner, B. Barry: Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry
- Lewis, William W.: The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability • Read an excerpt.
- Lott, Jr., John R.: More Guns, Less Crime • Read an interview with the author.
- McCaffery, Edward J.: Fair Not Flat: How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler • Read an interview with the author.
- McCloskey, Deirdre N.: The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce • Read an excerpt.
- Meltzer, Allan H.: A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2, Book 1, 1951-1969
- Meltzer, Allan H.: A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 2, Book 2, 1970-1985
- Miller, Jane E.: The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis • See a study guide of exercises.
- Miller, Laura J.: Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption • Read an excerpt.
- Nelson, Julie A.: Economics for Humans • Read an excerpt.
- Parker, Richard: John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
- Samples, John: The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform • Read an excerpt.
- Shaviro, Daniel: Who Should Pay for Medicare? • Read an excerpt and an op-ed by the author.
- Stigler, George J.: Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist
- Taylor, Mark C.: Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World without Redemption • See Taylor’s timeline of emerging network culture.
- Wright, Robert E.: Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich • Read an excerpt.
- Wright, Robert E.: The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance • Read an excerpt.
- Zaloom, Caitlin: Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology from Chicago to London • Read an excerpt.
Nobel laureates
- Becker, Gary S.: The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
- Becker, Gary S.: The Economics of Discrimination
- Becker, Gary S.: Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education
- Becker, Gary S.: Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism
- Buchanan, James M.: The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan
- Coase, R. H.: Essays on Economics and Economists
- Coase, R. H.: The Firm, the Market, and the Law
- Fogel, Robert William: The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of Egalitarianism • See a chart of the Phases of the Four Great Awakenings.
- Friedman, Milton: Essays in Positive Economics
- Friedman, Milton: Milton Friedman on Economics: Selected Papers
- Friedman, Milton: Two Lucky People: Memoirs
- Hayek, F. A.: The Constitution of Liberty
- Hayek, F. A.: Contra Keynes and Cambridge: Essays, Correspondence
- Hayek, F. A.: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
- Hayek, F. A.: The Fortunes of Liberalism: Essays on Austrian Economics and the Ideal of Freedom
- Hayek, F. A.: Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue
- Hayek, F. A.: Individualism and Economic Order
- Hayek, F. A.: The Pure Theory of Capital
- Hayek, F. A.: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents—The Definitive Edition • Read an excerpt.
- Hayek, F. A.: Socialism and War: Essays, Documents, Reviews
- Hayek, F. A.: The Trend of Economic Thinking: Essays on Political Economists and Economic History
- Miller, Merton H.: Macroeconomics: A Neoclassical Introduction
- Miller, Merton H.: Selected Works of Merton H. Miller: A Celebration of Markets: Volume 2: Economics
- Miller, Merton H.: Selected Works of Merton H. Miller: A Celebration of Markets: Volume 1: Finance
- Stigler, George J.: Chicago Studies in Political Economy
- Stigler, George J.: The Organization of Industry
Latest books from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
- Autor, David H.: Studies of Labor Market Intermediation
- Baldwin, Robert E.: Challenges to Globalization: Analyzing the Economics
- Bender, Stefan: The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
- Bernanke, Ben S.: The Inflation-Targeting Debate
- Berndt, Ernst R.: Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches
- Borjas, George J.: Mexican Immigration to the United States
- Brown, R. Jeffrey: Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment
- Campbell, John Y.: Asset Prices and Monetary Policy
- Carey, Mark: The Risks of Financial Institutions
- Clarida, Richard H.: G7 Current Account Imbalances: Sustainability and Adjustment
- Cutler, David M.: Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly
- Diewert, W. Erwin: Price Index Concepts and Measurement
- Dunne, Timothy: Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data
- Edwards, Sebastian: Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences
- Edwards, Sebastian: Financial Markets Volatility and Performance in Emerging Markets
- Freeman, B. Richard : International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms
- Freeman, B. Richard : Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment
- Glaeser, Edward L.: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
- Gruber, Jonathan: The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective
- Gruber, Jonathan: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform
- Harrison, Ann: Globalization and Poverty
- Ito, Takatoshi: Financial Sector Development in the Pacific Rim
- Ito, Takatoshi: Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia
- Ito, Takatoshi: International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global Imbalances, Financial Liberalization, and Exchange Rate Policy
- Ito, Takatoshi: Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim
- Jorgenson, Dale W.: A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts
- Krueger, Alan B.: Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being
- Lazear, Edward P.: The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison
- Reinsdorf, Marshall: International Trade in Services and Intangibles in the Era of Globalization
- Wise, A. David: Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan
General economics
- Adler, Matthew D.: Cost-Benefit Analysis: Economic, Philosophical, and Legal Perspectives
- Aliber, Robert Z.: The New International Money Game
- Ascher, William: Bringing in the Future: Strategies for Farsightedness and Sustainability in Developing Countries
- Auernheimer, Leonardo: International Financial Markets: The Challenge of Globalization
- Ayres, Ian: Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements
- Babb, Sarah: Behind the Development Banks: Washington Politics, World Poverty, and the Wealth of Nations
- Baber, Colin: Modern South Wales: Essays in Economic History
- Bordo, Michael D.: Globalization in Historical Perspective
- Brox, Ottar: The Political Economy of Rural Development: Modernization without Centralization?
- Burk, L. Dan: The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It
- Campbell, John Y.: Asset Prices and Monetary Policy
- Collins, Jane L.: Threads: Gender, Labor, and Power in the Global Apparel Industry
- Crutchfield, James A.: The Economics of Marine Resources and Conservation Policy: The Pacific Halibut Case Study with Commentary
- Cunningham, Stephen: Successful Fisheries Management: Issues, Case Studies, Perspectives
- Dam, Kenneth W.: The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at US International Economic Policymaking
- Dezalay, Yves: The Internationalization of Palace Wars: Lawyers, Economists, and the Contest to Transform Latin American States
- Edwards, Sebastian: The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crises
- Eichengreen, Barry: Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies
- Ferber, Marianne A.: Feminist Economics Today: Beyond Economic Man
- Ferrera, Maurizio: Rescued by Europe?: Social and Labour Market Reforms in Italy from Maastricht to Berlusconi
- Fischel, William A.: Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts
- Fishback, Price V.: Government and the American Economy: A New History
- Frumkin, Peter: Strategic Giving: The Art and Science of Philanthropy
- George, K. D.: Welsh Economy
- Glaeser, Edward L.: The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations
- Goldgar, Anne: Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age • Read an excerpt.
- Gonzalez, Jose Antonio: Latin American Macroeconomic Reforms: The Second Stage
- Goudsmit, Simon: The Limits of Money: Three Perceptions of Our Most Comprehensive Value System
- Greenfield, Kent: The Failure of Corporate Law: Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities
- Griffin, James M.: Electricity Deregulation: Choices and Challenges
- Guyer, Jane I.: Marginal Gains: Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa
- Hasik, James: Arms and Innovation: Entrepreneurship and Alliances in the Twenty-First Century Defense Industry
- Healy, Kieran: Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs
- Hersoug, Bjørn: Closing the Commons: Norwegian Fisheries from Open Access to Private Property
- Hill, Stephen: Welsh Input-Output Tables for 1994
- Hill, Stephen: Welsh Input-Output Tables for 1995
- Hoffman, Philip T.: Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870
- Hollander, M. Gail: Raising Cane in the 'Glades: The Global Sugar Trade and the Transformation of Florida
- Huber, Evelyne: Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Policies in Global Markets
- James, Estelle: The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform
- Jeucken, Marcel: Sustainability in Finance: Banking on the Planet
- Kooiman, Jan: Fish for Life: Interactive Governance for Fisheries
- Krueger, Anne O.: Economic Policy Reforms and the Indian Economy
- Krueger, Anne O.: The WTO as an International Organization
- Lange, Matthew: Lineages of Despotism and Development: British Colonialism and State Power
- Laufer, William S.: Corporate Bodies and Guilty Minds: The Failure of Corporate Criminal Liability
- Lewis, William W.: The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability • Read an excerpt.
- Lont, Hotze: Livelihood and Microfinance: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives on Savings and Debt
- Lusardi, Annamaria: Overcoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs
- Macunovich, Diane J.: Birth Quake: The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks
- Meltzer, Allan H.: A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1: 1913-1951
- Milhaupt, J. Curtis: Law & Capitalism: What Corporate Crises Reveal about Legal Systems and Economic Development around the World
- Mirowski, Philip: Science Bought and Sold: Essays in the Economics of Science
- Miwa, Yoshiro: The Fable of the Keiretsu: Urban Legends of the Japanese Economy
- Murphy, Kevin M.: Measuring the Gains from Medical Research: An Economic Approach
- Pampel, Fred C.: The Institutional Context of Population Change: Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High-Income Nations
- Parisi, Francesco: Supreme Court Economic Review Volume 11
- Perlmann, Joel: Women's Work?: American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
- Polˆse, Mario: The Wealth and Poverty of Regions: Why Cities Matter
- Poovey, Mary: Genres of the Credit Economy: Mediating Value in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain
- Preda, Alex: Framing Finance: The Boundaries of Markets and Modern Capitalism
- Puffert, J. Douglas: Tracks across Continents, Paths through History: The Economic Dynamics of Standardization in Railway Gauge
- Reusse, Eberhard: The Ills of Aid: An Analysis of Third World Development Policies
- Rivera, Juan: NAFTA and the Campesinos: The Impact of NAFTA on Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Mexico and the Prospects for Change
- Round, Jeffrey I.: The European Economy in Perspective
- Schabas, Margaret: The Natural Origins of Economics
- Smith, B. Mark: A History of the Global Stock Market: From Ancient Rome to Silicon Valley
- Stein, Howard: Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development
- Sunstein, Cass R.: Punitive Damages: How Juries Decide
- Thomas, Dennis: Welsh Economy and Society Post-1945
- Welch, Finis: The Causes and Consequences of Increasing Inequality
- Winter, Harold: Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues
- Zanasi, Margherita: Saving the Nation: Economic Modernity in Republican China
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