The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
By: John Maynard Keynes
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
Distinguished British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) set off a series of movements that …
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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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"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
2. An Essay on the Principle of Population
By: Thomas Robert Malthus , Geoffrey Gilbert
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warnin… read more
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3. The Undercover Economist
By: Tim Harford
3.87
Format: 260 pages,
An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economic… read more
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4. Utilitarianism
By: John Stuart Mill , George Sher
4.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianismincludes the text of his 1868 speech to t… read more
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5. Globalization and Its Discontents
By: Joseph E. Stiglitz
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
When it was first published, this national bestseller quickly became a touchstone in the globalizat… read more
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6. How We Think
By: John Dewey
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of America's foremost philosophers, John Dewey (1859-1952) fought for civil and academic freedo… read more
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7. The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
By: David Ricardo , F.W. Kolthammer
4.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
This landmark treatise of 1817 formulated the guiding principles behind the market economy. Author … read more
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8. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
By: Joseph E. Stiglitz , Karl Polanyi , None
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and … read more
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9. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
By: John Maynard Keynes
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
Distinguished British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) set off a series of movements that … read more
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10. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
11. Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
By: Nicholas Wapshott
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing cl… read more
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12. The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston
3.78
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more
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"The truth brings no man a fortune"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
13. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
By: Thomas Piketty , Arthur Goldhammer
4.61
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions abou… read more
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14. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The Protestant ethic -- a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organiz… read more
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15. The Worldly Philosophers
By: Robert L. Heilbroner
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Worldly Philosophersnot only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better… read more
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16. The Road to Serfdom
By: Friedrich A. Hayek
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road … read more
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17. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
By: Ha-Joon Chang
3.00
Format: 136 pages,
In "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", one of today's most iconoclastic thinkers dest… read more
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18. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
By: Albert Einstein , Robert W. Lawson , Nigel Calder
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
An accesible version of Einstein's masterpiece of theory, written by the genius himself According t… read more
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19. Capitalism and Freedom
By: Milton Friedman
3.97
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Times Literary Supplementas one of the "hundred most influential books since the wa… read more
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20. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
By: Charles Wheelan
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be abl… read more
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"A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"The authors propose “a New Deal for globalization—one thatlinks engagement with the world economy to a substantial redistribution of income."-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"In a basic agricultural society, it's easy enough to swap five chickens for a new dress or to pay a schoolteacher with a goat and three sacks of rice. Barter works less well in a more advanced econom…"-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
"How much does it cost to treat leprosy? One $3 dose of antibiotic will cure a mild case; a $20 regimen of three antibiotics will cure a more severe case. The World Health Organization even provides t…"-Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
