13 Best history books like The Essential Austrian Economics by Christopher J. Coyne

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The Essential Austrian Economics

By: Christopher J. Coyne

4.11

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

The origin of the Austrian School of economics is the publication of Carl Menger’s Principles of Ec…

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1. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

3.88

Format: 1076 pages, Paperback

Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more

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  • economics
"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"

-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."

-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."

-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."

-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

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2. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

By: Peter L. Bernstein

4.10

Format: None pages,

With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime market analysts shaking their… read more

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  • history
  • economics
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3. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

By: Richard H. Thaler

4.16

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central … read more

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  • history
  • economics

4. The Essential Hayek

By: Donald J. Boudreaux

5.00

Format: 144 pages,

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5. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

By: Adam Parfrey , Smedley D. Butler

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Major General Smedley D. Butler was a military hero of the first rank, the winner of two Medals of … read more

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6. Anatomy of the State

By: Murray N. Rothbard

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Em A anatomia do estado, Murray Rothbard explica o que o estado e e o que ele nao e. Ele mostra co… read more

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7. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

By: Vaclav Smil

3.97

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more

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  • history
  • economics
"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"

-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"

-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

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8. Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy

By: Wolfram Eilenberger

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenste… read more

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  • history
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9. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

By: Katie Mack

4.26

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in th… read more

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  • history
"It also means that cosmology doesn’t really have a well-defined concept of “now."

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"We are a species poised between an awareness of our ultimate insignificance and an ability to reach far beyond our mundane lives, into the void, to solve the most fundamental mysteries of the cosmos."

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"In the meantime, we'll continue on, making new pathc through the woods to see what we might find hiding there. Someday, deep in the unknown wilderness of the distant future, the Sun will expand, the …"

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

"You may have heard that "we are made of stardust" (or "star stuff" if you're Sagan), and this is absolutely true if we measure by mass. All the heavier elements in your body—oxygen, carbon, nitrogen,…"

-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

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10. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

By: Jordan B. Peterson

4.17

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. I… read more

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11. A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe

By: Johannes Krause

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A radical retelling of humanity's restless, genetically mingled history based on the revolutionary … read more

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  • history
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12. The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

By: Fei-Fei Li

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at … read more

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13. Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative

By: Jennifer Burns

4.26

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography of America's most renowned economist. Milton Friedman was, alongside J… read more

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  • history
  • economics
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14. Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

By: Vaclav Smil

3.87

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times -bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its… read more

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  • history
  • economics
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15. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

By: David Graeber

3.33

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everyt… read more

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  • history
"God and Man were inseparable companions. One day God said to Man: why don’t you go walk around on earth for a while so we can find some new topics for conversation? —beginning of a Malagasy folktale"

-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

"The toothless or peg-legged buccaneer hoisting a flag of defiance against the world, drinking and feasting to a stupor on stolen loot, fleeing at the first sign of serious opposition, leaving only ta…"

-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

"We would seem to be in the presence of a genuine historical anomaly: a political entity that presented itself to the outside world as a kingdom, organized around the charismatic figure of a brilliant…"

-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

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16. The Essential Natural Law (Essential Scholars)

By: Samuel Gregg

4.13

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Few ideas have been as influential in the development of moral, political, legal, and economic thou… read more

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  • economics
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17. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SOE and Italy 1943-1945 (David Stafford World War II History)

By: David Stafford

3.83

Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIRST COMPLETE AND AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF BRITAIN’S SECRET WAR IN ITALY IN WW2.‘A gripping ac… read more

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18. The Essential John Locke (Essential Scholars)

By: Eric Mack

4.16

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

No single individual is ever the sole founder of any major stance in political philosophy. Neverthe… read more

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19. The Essential Robert Nozick (Essential Scholars)

By: Aeon J. Skoble

3.89

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Nozick was a professor of philosophy at Harvard University who is most famous for his contri… read more

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20. The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars)

By: Donald J. Boudreaux

4.44

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

James (“Jim”) McGill Buchanan (1919-2013), surely seemed an unlikely prospect for winning a Nobel P… read more

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  • economics
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21. The Essential Joseph Schumpeter (Essential Scholars)

By: Russell S. Sobel

4.11

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Schumpeter is one of the most accomplished economists of the twentieth century. Included amo… read more

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  • economics
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22. The Essential Austrian Economics

By: Christopher J. Coyne

4.11

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

The origin of the Austrian School of economics is the publication of Carl Menger’s Principles of Ec… read more

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  • history
  • economics
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23. The Essential Adam Smith (Essential Scholars)

By: James R. Otteson

4.36

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Adam Smith (1723–1790) is widely hailed as the founding father of the discipline now known as econo… read more

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  • economics
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24. The Essential Milton Friedman (Essential Scholars)

By: Steven E. Landsburg

4.36

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

When economists are called “influential,” it usually means they’ve changed the way other economists… read more

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  • economics
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25. The Essential Ronald Coase (Essential Scholars)

By: Lynne Kiesling

4.17

Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition

Ronald Coase (1910-2013) was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His influe… read more

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  • economics
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26. The Essential Enlightenment (Essential Scholars)

By: Douglas J. Den Uyl

4.18

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

The political ideas that fully came together under the name “liberal” in the early nineteenth centu… read more

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27. The Essential UCLA School of Economics (Essential Scholars)

By: David R. Henderson

4.13

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

The UCLA tradition carries on in the work of dozens of economists who earned their PhDs at UCLA dur… read more

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28. The Essential John Stuart Mill (Essential Scholars)

By: Sandra J. Peart

4.16

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

The oldest of nine children, John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806; he died in France, where he… read more

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  • economics
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29. The Essential David Hume (Essential Scholars)

By: James R. Otteson

4.35

Format: 109 pages, Kindle Edition

David Hume (1711–1776) is a towering and intriguing figure. He was the preeminent philosopher in wh… read more

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30. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • history
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31. The Essential Women of Liberty (Essential Scholars)

By: Fraser Institute

4.26

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

The thinkers discussed in this volume are a remarkably diverse group. They were born in the eightee… read more

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