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Economics
21 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Adam Smith: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Adam Smith — how to approach The Wealth of Nations, the foundational text of modern economics. A complete reading guide to the Scottish economist.
Where to Start with Burton G. Malkiel: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Burton G. Malkiel — how to approach A Random Walk Down Wall Street, the definitive fifty-year case for passive index-fund investing. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Charles Wheelan: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Charles Wheelan — how to approach Naked Economics, his essential and witty introduction to economic thinking. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Dan Ariely: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Dan Ariely — whether to begin with Predictably Irrational or The Upside of Irrationality. A complete reading guide to the behavioural economist.
Where to Start with Acemoglu and Robinson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson — how to approach Why Nations Fail, their landmark argument that inclusive institutions, not geography or culture, determine whether nations prosper or fail. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Elizabeth Warren: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Elizabeth Warren — how to approach All Your Worth, the practical personal finance guide she wrote with her daughter presenting the 50/30/20 budget framework, grounded in her academic research on why American families go broke. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Naomi Klein: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Naomi Klein — whether to begin with The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, or No Logo. A complete reading guide to the activist-journalist.
Where to Start with Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein — how to approach Nudge, their landmark book on choice architecture and libertarian paternalism that changed how governments design public policy. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Richard Thaler: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Richard Thaler — how to approach Misbehaving, his inside account of how behavioral economics upended the rational-actor model that defines classical economics. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Steven Levitt: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Steven Levitt — how to approach Freakonomics, his entertaining and provocative popular economics book using data to expose the hidden incentives and unexpected truths behind everyday social behaviour. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Thomas Piketty: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Thomas Piketty — how to approach Capital in the Twenty-First Century, his landmark work on wealth and inequality. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Thomas Sowell: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Thomas Sowell — how to approach Basic Economics, his essential introduction to economic thinking. A complete reading guide.
Best Behavioral Economics Books: Essential Reading
The best behavioral economics books — from Thinking, Fast and Slow and Predictably Irrational to Nudge and Misbehaving. Essential reading on decision-making.
Best Books About Capitalism and Corporate Power
The best books about capitalism and corporate power — from The Big Short and Bad Blood to Capital in the Twenty-First Century and The Shock Doctrine.
Best Books About Poverty and Inequality: Essential Non-Fiction and Fiction
The best books about poverty and inequality — from The Grapes of Wrath and Shuggie Bain to The Warmth of Other Suns and The New Jim Crow. Essential reading.
Best Economics Books: Essential Reading List
The best economics books for general readers — from The Wealth of Nations and Freakonomics to Why Nations Fail and Thinking, Fast and Slow. Economics that changes how you see the world.
Michael Lewis Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Michael Lewis's complete bibliography in order — from Liar's Poker and Moneyball to The Big Short and The Undoing Project. Best starting points for new readers.
Where to Start with Michael Lewis: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michael Lewis — whether to begin with The Big Short, Moneyball, or Liar's Poker. A complete reading guide to the master of narrative non-fiction.
Where to Start with Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Nassim Nicholas Taleb — whether to begin with The Black Swan, Antifragile, or Fooled by Randomness. A complete reading guide to the Incerto.
Where to Start with Niall Ferguson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Niall Ferguson — how to approach The Ascent of Money, his financial history of the world tracing the evolution of credit, banking, bonds, stocks, and insurance from ancient Mesopotamia to the 2008 crisis. A complete reading guide.
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