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Recommended Free Economics Books
Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place
Abrams, John
Chelsea Green 2008
In this update edition, John Abrams further develops his idea that companies flourish when they become centers of interdependence, or “communities of enterprise.” Companies We Keep celebrates the idea that when employees share in the rewards as well as the responsibility for the decisions they make, better decisions result. Companies We Keep is structured around eight principles—from “Sharing Ownership” and “Cultivating Workplace Democracy” to “Thinking Like Cathedral Builders” and “Committing to the Business of Place”—that Abrams has discovered in the 32 years since he co-founded South Mountain Company on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Together, these principles reveal communities of enterprise as a potent force of change that can—and will— improve the way Americans do business. The Ascent of Money pdf.
Economics for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal – Economics Books PDF
Adler, Moshe
New Press 2009
Why do so many contemporary economists consider food subsidies in starving countries, rent control in rich cities, and health insurance everywhere “inefficient”? Why do they feel that corporate executives deserve no less than their multimillion-dollar “compensation” packages and workers no more than their meager wages? Here is a lively and accessible debunking of the two elements that make economics the “science” of the rich: the definition of what is efficient and the theory of how wages are determined. The first is used to justify the cruelest policies, the second grand larceny.
America Beyond Capitalism – Alperovitz America Beyond Capitalism
Alperovitz, Gar – Gar Alperovitz
Wiley 2005
Gar Alperovitz’s expert diagnosis of the long-term structural crisis of the American economic and political system is accompanied by detailed, practical answers to the problems we face as a society. Unlike many books that reserve a few pages of a concluding chapter to offer generalized, tentative solutions, Alperovitz marshals years of research into emerging “new economy” strategies to present a comprehensive picture of practical bottom-up efforts currently underway in thousands of communities across the United States. All democratize wealth and empower communities, not corporations: worker-ownership, cooperatives, community land trusts, social enterprises, along with many supporting municipal, state and longer term federal strategies as well. America Beyond Capitalism is a call to arms, an eminently practical roadmap for laying foundations to change a faltering system that increasingly fails to sustain the great American values of equality, liberty and meaningful democracy. Gar Alperovitz America Beyond Capitalism.
The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism – The Relentless Revolution A History of Capitalism
Appleby, Joyce
Perennial Norton 2010
With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system seems universal and timeless. The framework for our lives, it is a source of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic, out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism was an unlikely development when it emerged from isolated changes in farming, trade, and manufacturing in early-modern England.
Approaching capitalism as a culture, as a historical development that was by no means natural or inevitable, Joyce Appleby gives us a fascinating introduction to this most potent creation of mankind from its origins to its present global reach. The Relentless Revolution A History of Capitalism.
Principles of Economics – Economics PDF Free Download
Case, Karl E. and Fair, Ray C.
Prentice Hall 2002 Dewey Dec. 330
This student-friendly text takes a hands-on approach to economic theory, issues and politics using a lively writing style which engages the student with clear explanations, easy to understand graphs and relevant examples. Download free economics textbook pdf. Ascent of Money book.
How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities – How Markets Fail Book
Cassidy, John
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009 Dewey Dec. 381
In How Markets Fail, John Cassidy describes the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics—thinking that is blind to how real people act and that denies the many ways an unregulated free market can produce disastrous unintended consequences. He then looks to the leading edge of economic theory, including behavioral economics, to offer a new understanding of the economy—one that casts aside the old assumption that people and firms make decisions purely on the basis of rational self-interest. How Markets Fail Book. John Cassidy How Markets Fail.
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23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism – Economics PDF Free Download
Chang, Ha-Joon
Bloomsbury 2012
A lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists have spun since the Age of Reagan. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism uses twenty-three short essays to equip readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works, and doesn’t, while offering a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market. Economics Books PDF. Economics Textbook PDF. Economic book pdf. Economics pdf free download.
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The 21st century Economy – Economics PDF Free Download
Epping, Randy C.
Vintage 2010
A comprehensive guide to understanding today’s global economy from the author of the bestselling A Beginner’s Guide to the World Economy.
While reporting on today’s world, business and mainstream media alike use terms and mention trends that even the savviest consumer may find baffling. In his latest book, Randy Charles Epping uses compelling narratives and insightful analogies to clearly and concisely explain the rapidly changing way business is done in the twenty-first century, without a single chart or graph.
What is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11 – Economics PDF Free Download
Feinberg, Kenneth R.
Public Affairs 2005
Just eleven days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as the country reeled in shock, Congress created the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. In its haste, Congress provided very few guidelines as to how the funds should be distributed and set no limit on the size of awards. Instead it gave a single individual nearly unlimited discretion to manage the program. And so, when Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed Kenneth Feinberg to administer the fund, he was asking Feinberg to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,500 dead and injured in the worst peacetime disaster in U.S. history. Economics Books PDF. Economics Textbook PDF. Economics pdf free download. Economic book pdf.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World – Ferguson Ascent of Money
Ferguson, Niall – Niall Ferguson
Penguin 2008
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. He shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What’s more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history. Niall Ferguson Ascent of Money. The Ascent of Money PDF.
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The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street – The Myth of the Rational Market
Fox, Justin – Justin Fox
HarperCollins2011
A lively history of ideas, The Myth of the Rational Market by former Time Magazine economics columnist Justin Fox, describes with insight and wit the rise and fall of the world’s most influential investing idea: the efficient markets theory. It carries readers from the earliest days of Wall Street to the current financial crisis, debunking the long-held myth that the stock market is always right in the process while intelligently exploring the replacement theory of behavioral economics. The Myth of the Rational Market PDF.
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree – The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Friedman, Thomas L. – Thomas Friedman
Anchor 2000
The unprecedented integration of finance, markets, nation states and technology is driving change accross the globe at an ever-increasing speed. And while much of the world is intent on building a better Lexus, on streamlining their societies and economies for the global marketplace, many people feel their traditional identities threatened and are reverting to elemental struggles over who owns which olive tree, which strip of land.
The New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman has travelled the globe, interviewing everyone from Brazilian peasants to new entrepreneurs in Indonesia, to Islamic students, to the financial wizards on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, to find out what globalization means for them, and for all of us. Friedman The Lexus and the Olive Tree.
Macroeconomics: Theories and Policies – Economics Textbook PDF for University
Froyen, Richard T.
Prentice Hall 2002
This book traces the history of macroeconomics, the evolution of macroeconomic thought, and the resulting theory and policy.
The book places the various macroeconomic theories in the order in which they developed chronologically, and illustrates the similarities and differences of the models. Starting with classical economics and the Keynesian revolution, this book explores the macroeconomic theory after Keynes, open economy macroeconomics, economic policy, and sectoral functions. Download economics textbook pdf, economics pdf books. Economics pdf free download. Economic book pdf.
Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction – Economics PDF Free Download
Fulcher, James – James Fulcher
Oxford University 2004
What is capitalism? Is capitalism the same everywhere? Is there an alternative? The word ‘capitalism’ is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? The book begins by addressing basic issues such as ‘what is capital?’ before discussing the history and development of capitalism through three detailed and absorbing case studies ranging from the tulipomania of seventeenth-century Holland to the recent Enron crisis in America. Fulcher addresses important present day issues. Fulcher Capitalism A Very Short Introduction.
Our Land and Land Policy; Speeches, Lectures, and Miscellaneous Writings – Economics Book PDF
George, Henry
Doubleday 1902
Initial essay discusses chiefly grants of public lands in California to railway corporations. Single tax essays follow. – A.L.A.Catalog 1904
Author Note: Henry George was an American political economist and journalist. He promoted the “single tax” on land, though he avoided that term. His writing was immensely popular in the 19th century America, and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. -Wikipedia.
Progress and Poverty… – Henry George Progress and Poverty
An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Weath. The Remedy
George, Henry – Henry George
Doubleday 1915
Endeavors to show that principal cause of poverty and wretchedness in midst of wealth and abundance is private ownership of land. Style engaging and often eloquent.
Basis of “single tax” theory.- A.L.A.Catalog 1904. – Henry George Progress and Poverty.
Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country – Economics Free PDF
Greider, William – William Greider
Simon & Schuster 1989
This ground-breaking best-seller reveals for the first time how the mighty and mysterious Federal Reserve operates—and how it manipulated and transformed both the American economy and the world’s during the last eight crucial years. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players, Secrets of the Temple takes us inside the government institution that is in some ways more secretive than the CIA and more powerful than the President or Congress. – Greider Secrets of the Temple.
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers – Economics Free PDF
Heilbroner, Robert L. – Robert Heilbroner
Touchstone 1999
The bestselling classic that examines the history of economic thought from Adam Smith to Karl Marx.
The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas—namely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines. – Heilbroner The Worldly Philosophers.
The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World – Ip The Little Book of Economics
Ip, Greg – Greg Ip
Wiley 2013
Like a patient, good-natured mentor, Greg, one of today’s most respected economics journalists, walks you through everything you need to know about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon and long on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of important terms, concepts, events, historical figures, and major players, this edition of Greg’s bestselling guide clues you in on what the “dismal science” is really all about and why you should care. Ip The Little Book of Economics.
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money – Keynes The General Theory of Employment
Keynes, John Maynard – J. M. Keynes
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1991
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money transformed economics and changed the face of modern macroeconomics. Keynes’ argument is based on the idea that the level of employment is not determined by the price of labour, but by the spending of money. It gave way to an entirely new approach where employment, inflation and the market economy are concerned.
Highly provocative at its time of publication, this book and Keynes’ theories continue to remain the subject of much support and praise, criticism and debate. Keynes The General Theory of Employment.
Microeconomics – Economics PDF Free Download
Krugman, Paul R. and Wells, Robin – Paul Krugman and Robin Wells
Worth 2015
When it comes to explaining fundamental economic principles by drawing on current economic issues and events, there is no one more effective than Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and co-author, Robin Wells. In this best-selling introductory textbook, Krugman and Wells’ signature storytelling style and uncanny eye for revealing examples help readers understand how economic concepts play out in our world. Krugman Microeconomics.
Freakonomics – Levitt Freakonomics
Levitt, Steven D. and Dubner, Stephen J. – Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
William Morrow 2005
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?
What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
How much do parents really matter?
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life–from cheating and crime to parenting and sports–and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Levitt Freakonomics.
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Reinventing the Bazaar – Economics Books PDF
McMillan, John – John McMillan
Norton 2002
From the wild swings of the stock market to the online auctions of eBay to the unexpected twists of the world’s post-Communist economies, markets have suddenly become quite visible. We now have occasion to ask, “What makes these institutions work? How important are they? How can we improve them?”
Taking us on a lively tour of a world we once took for granted, John McMillan offers examples ranging from a camel trading fair in India to the $20 million per day Aalsmeer flower market in the Netherlands to the global trade in AIDS drugs. Eschewing ideology, he shows us that markets are neither magical nor immoral. Rather, they are powerful if imperfect tools, the best we’ve found for improving our living standards. Globalization books. McMillan Reinventing the Bazaar.
Selected Articles on Free Trade and Protection – Economics Book PDF
Morgan, Joy E., comp.
H. W. Wilson 1912
In the first decades of the 20th century publisher H.W. Wilson produced many volumes in its Debaters’ Handbook Series on social and political issues that were under discussion at the time. Each book contains the full text of selected articles and documents representing opposing views on the issue, along with a substantial bibliography of books and articles.
Most of the books mentioned in these guides are likely to be freely available online. Search by title; first at the Internet Archive (archive.org), then at HathiTrust.org. Referenced magazine articles may also be available online at the same sites, with HathiTrust the preferred site for magazines.
Grand Pursuit: The Story of the People who Made Modern Economics – Nasar Grand Pursuit
Nasar, Sylvia – Sylvia Nasar
Fourth Estate 2012
As the twenty-first century faces new and ever more daunting economic obstacles, Sylvia Nasar tells the story of how our financial world came to function as it does today, and how a handful of men and women would change the lives of every person on the planet. Filled with the stories of colourful lives and visions of the characters who shaped modern economics, Grand Pursuit is a fascinating history of the determining force of the past century, and a vital insight into how our world works now. Nasar Grand Pursuit.
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What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets – Economics PDF Free Download
Sandel, Michael J. – Michael Sandel
St. Martin’s 2012
In his New York Times bestseller What Money Can’t Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes up one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Isn’t there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where they don’t belong? What are the moral limits of markets? Over recent decades, market values have crowded out nonmarket norms in almost every aspect of life. Without quite realizing it, Sandel argues, we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society. Sandel What Money Can’t Buy.
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The Economists – Silk The Economists PDF
Silk, Leonard – Leonard Silk
Avon 1978
Introduces the lives and principal ideas of five leading economists living today Paul Anthony Samuelson, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Wassily Leontief and Kenneth E. Boulding.
Contents: Paul Anthony Samuelson : Enfant terrible emeritus — Milton Friedman : prophet of the old-time religion — John Kenneth Galbraith : socialism without tears — Wassily Leontief : apostle of planning — Kenneth E. Boulding : the economics of peace and love — E pluribus unum. Silk The Economists PDF.
Keynes: A Very Short Introduction – Economics PDF Free Download
Skidelsky, Robert – Robert Skidelsky
Oxford University 2010
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just an economic theorist and statesman, but also in economics, philosophy, politics, and culture. In this Very Short Introduction Lord Skidelsky, a renowned biographer of Keynes, explores his ethical and practical philosophy, his monetary thought, and provides an insight into his life and works. With a look at his major works and his contribution to twentieth-century economic thought, Skidelsky considers Keynes’s legacy on today’s society. Skidelsky Keynes A Very Short Introduction PDF.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith An Inquiry in the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations PDF
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Smith, Adam – Adam Smith
Macmillan 1776
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. Adam Smith An Inquiry in the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations PDF.
Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy – Sowell Basic Economics PDF
Sowell, Thomas – Thomas Sowell
Basic 2000
Basic Economics is a citizen’s guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different economic systems: capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on. In readable language, he shows how to critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the goals they proclaim. With clear explanations of the entire field, from rent control and the rise and fall of businesses to the international balance of payments, this is the first book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy functions. Sowell Basic Economics PDF.
Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism – Stanford Economics for Everyone PDF
Stanford, Jim – Jim Stanford
Pluto 2015
This concise and readable book provides non-specialist readers with all the information they need to understand how capitalism works (and how it doesn’t). It is an antidote to the abstract and ideological way that economics is normally taught and reported. Key concepts such as finance, competition and wages are explored, and their importance to everyday life is revealed. The book will appeal to those working for a fairer world, and students of social sciences who need to engage with economics. Stanford Economics for Everyone PDF.
Globalization and its Discontents – Economics Books PDF
Stiglitz, Joseph E. – Joseph Stiglitz
Norton 2002
Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank. Particularly concerned with the plight of the developing nations, he became increasingly disillusioned as he saw the International Monetary Fund and other major institutions put the interests of Wall Street and the financial community ahead of the poorer nations. Those seeking to understand why globalization has engendered the hostility of protesters in Seattle and Genoa will find the reasons here. Stiglitz Globalization and its Discontents PDF.
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The Instant Economist: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works – Taylor The Instant Economist PDF
Taylor, Timothy – Timothy Taylor
Plume 2012
Economics isn’t just about numbers: It’s about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists-when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. The Instant Economist offers the knowledge and sophistication to understand the issues- so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level. Taylor The Instant Economist PDF.
Recent Economic Changes, and their Effect on the Production and Distribution of Wealth and the Well-Being of Society – Economics Books PDF
Wells, David Ames
Appleton 1889
Graphic recital of effects of modern invention and enterprise; traces present tendencies in trade and finance to their origin, and suggests probable future course. A storehouse of admirably digested fact. – A.L.A.Catalog 1904. Economics Books PDF.
Naked Economics – Wheelan Naked Economics PDF
Wheelan, Charles – Charles Wheelan
Norton 2002
Naked Economics makes up for all of those Econ 101 lectures you slept through (or avoided) in college, demystifying key concepts, laying bare the truths behind the numbers, and answering those questions you have always been too embarrassed to ask. For all the discussion of Alan Greenspan in the media, does anyone know what the Fed actually does? And what about those blackouts in California? Were they a conspiracy on the part of the power companies? Economics is life. There’s no way to understand the important issues without it. Now, with Charles Wheelan’s breezy tour, there’s no reason to fear this highly relevant subject. Wheelan Naked Economics PDF
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Industrial Evolution of the United States – Economics Books PDF
Wright, C. D.
Scribner 1902
Concisely sketches development of mechanical industries, growth of factory system, labor movement and influence of machinery. – A.L.A.Catalog 1904. Classic work on U.S. economic history.
Open Access PDF Economics Textbooks
Open Access Textbooks – Economics PDF Free Download
Open Access textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used, and were published or updated in recent years. You may also find here other learning resources, such as course lesson plans.
Principles of Economics 3e – Economics Textbooks PDF
Greenlaw, Steven A., Shapiro, David, et al.
OpenStax 2022
“Covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses.” -Website. Open Access Textbook PDF.
Principles of Macroeconomics 2e – Economics Textbook PDF
Greenlaw, Steven A., Shapiro, David, et al.
OpenStax 2017
“Covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses.” -Website. Open Access Textbook PDF.
Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e – Economics Textbook PDF
Greenlaw, Steven A., Shapiro, David, et al.
OpenStax 2022
“Covers the scope and sequence requirements for an Advanced Placement macroeconomics course and is listed on the College Board’s AP® example textbook list.” -Website.
Principles of Microeconomics for AP Courses 2e – Economics Textbook PDF
Greenlaw, Steven A., Shapiro, David, et al.
OpenStax 2022
“Covers the scope and sequence requirements for an Advanced Placement microeconomics course and is listed on the College Board’s AP® example textbook list.” -Website. Open Access Textbook PDF.
Principles of Microeconomics 2e – Economics Textbook PDF
Taylor, Timothy, et al.
OpenStax 2014
“Covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses.” -Website. Open Access Textbook PDF.
Principles of Managerial Economics – Economics Textbooks PDF
Donald N. Stengel
Saylor Foundation 2022
Includes key elements from the economics of consumer demand and the economics of production. It discusses economic motivations for expanding a business and contributions from economics for improved organization of large firms. Market price quantity equilibrium, competitive behavior, and the role of market structure on market equilibrium and competition are also addressed.
Econometrics Textbook – Economics Textbook PDF
Bruce Hansen
Univ. of Wisconsin 2016
Econometrics is the study of estimation and inference for economic models using economic data. Econometric theory concerns the study and development of tools and methods for applied econometric applications. Applied econometrics concerns the application of these tools to economic data.
International Finance: Theory and Policy – Economics PDF Free Download
Steve Suranovic
Saylor Foundation 2015
Built on Steve Suranovic’s belief that to understand the international economy, students need to learn how economic models are applied to real world problems.
An Introduction to Cooperation and Mutualism – Economics Textbook PDF
Michael Boland
Univ. of Minnesota 2017
Cooperatives and mutuals are participatory organizations in which members participate in control and governance, receive economic benefits through patronage refunds or net income, and become owners through equity. These mutual-benefit organizations exist alongside non-profit organizations and investor-benefit organizations through the global economy.