The books people recommended

2008-05-04 · 19 points · 35 comments · 13 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

5
Basic Economics
Thomas Sowell
5 here · 33 all-time · #172 overall
Buy on Amazon4.9 out of 5, 5,209 ratings on Amazon
4Economics
Economics
Ha-Joon Chang
4 here · 16 all-time · #403 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,519 ratings on Amazon
3Principles of Economics
Principles of Economics
Carl Menger
3 here · 9 all-time · #779 overall
2
Economics in One Lesson
Henry Hazlitt
2 here · 45 all-time · #100 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,979 ratings on Amazon
2The Worldly Philosophers
The Worldly Philosophers
Robert Heilbroner
2 here · 12 all-time · #553 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 891 ratings on Amazon
2Free to Choose
Free to Choose
Milton Friedman
2 here · 8 all-time · #832 overall
1
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton Malkiel
1 here · 38 all-time · #131 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 4,237 ratings on Amazon
1
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
1 here · 27 all-time · #212 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,706 ratings on Amazon
1Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom
Milton Friedman
1 here · 14 all-time · #470 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,994 ratings on Amazon
1The Undercover Economist
The Undercover Economist
Tim Harford
1 here · 10 all-time · #635 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,821 ratings on Amazon
1Game Theory
Game Theory
Maschler, Solan & Zamir
1 here · 9 all-time · #755 overall
1Das Kapital
Das Kapital
Karl Marx
1 here · 7 all-time · #915 overall
1The Dollar Crisis
The Dollar Crisis
Richard Duncan
1 here · 4 all-time · #1838 overall