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10 Books For A Freshman Seminar In Economics

This post was written by Greg Ransom on August 31, 2009
Posted Under: Economics Profession

Here is Greg Mankiw’s list. Here is Arnold Kling’s list. And here is my list:

• The Rise of the Western World by Douglass North & Robert Paul Thomas

• Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

• The Ascent of Money Niall Ferguson

• Discovery, Capitalism and Distributive Justice by Israel Kirzner

• A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark

• Dream Machines by Philip Mirowski

• Economics — Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? by Alexander Rosenberg

• Individualism and Economic Order by F. A. Hayek

• The Making of an Economist, Redux by David Colander

• The Elusive Quest for Growth by William Easterly