 | A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) by Gregory Clark
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $12.39 |
 | Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition by Milton Friedman
Buy new: $10.29 / Used from: $8.29 |
 | Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises
Buy new: $25.41 |
 | The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $26.67 |
 | Stabilizing an Unstable Economy by Hyman Minsky
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $17.82 |
 | Basic Economics 3rd Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $14.99 |
 | Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt
Buy new: $9.86 / Used from: $6.54 |
 | The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $31.28 |
 | Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky
Buy new: $15.17 / Used from: $15.88 |
 | A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II by Murray N. Rothbard
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $16.50 |
 | Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free by Ellen Hodgson Brown
Buy new: $22.25 / Used from: $19.58 I highly recommend reading this book. It is off-beat, but contains a great history of finance as well as a kind of philosophical view of what money is.
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 | Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality by Loretta Napoleoni
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $3.71 |
 | The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas by Robert H. Frank
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $0.99 This book is a practical look at why some things are the way they are. It's very neat. For example: Why do drive-up ATM's have Braille buttons on them? Answer: Because it's cheaper to make one kind of ATM machine rather than making two kinds (one for walk up and one for drive-up; so they just make one whether it's for walking-up or driving-up).
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 | Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
Buy new: $8.70 / Used from: $3.91 Pro-Homo Economicus.
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 | Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) by Steven D. Levitt
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $8.42 Pro-Homo Economicus.
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 | SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $18.44 Pro-Homo Economicus.
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 | The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Tim Harford
Buy used from: $6.31 Pro-Homo Economicus.
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 | The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.46 Pro-Homo Economicus.
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 | Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life by Len Fisher
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.50 |
 | How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life by Len Fisher
Buy used from: $1.00 |
 | Moral Calculations : Game Theory, Logic and Human Frailty by Laszlo Mero
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $17.71 |
 | The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $21.75 |
 | The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and inLife by Michael Blastland
Buy new: $5.93 / Used from: $4.53 |
 | The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition by Robert Axelrod
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $5.80 |
 | Competition: The Birth of a New Science by James Case
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $0.80 |
 | Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain
Buy new: $55.96 / Used from: $50.36 It is expensive, but well worth the money. Best book on this list if you ask me!
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 | Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
Buy new: $22.23 / Used from: $24.89 Also very good book on neuroeconomics.
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 | Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions by Read Montague
Buy new: $7.26 / Used from: $4.81 Pro-Homo Sociologicus; This is the 2nd Best book on the list, in my opinion.
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 | Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
Buy used from: $30.00 Pro-Homo Sociologicus.
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 | You Are What You Choose: The Habits of Mind That Really Determine How We Make Decisions by Scott de Marchi
Buy new: $15.88 / Used from: $11.17 Very interesting book about 'what you choose' and what this tells you about your personality.
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 | Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.56 This books is mostly about how to avoid marketing gimmicks. Very good.
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 | The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.96 This book is great. I highly recommend reading this one.
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 | The Mind of the Market: How Biology and Psychology Shape Our Economic Lives by Michael Shermer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.11 Pro-Homo Sociologicus. It is excellent - Shermer packs lots of information into this book about LOTS of useful topics.
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 | Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $5.90 |
 | How We Believe, 2nd Edition: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God by Michael Shermer
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $4.23 |
 | The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule by Michael Shermer
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.49 |
 | The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $9.11 / Used from: $4.39 |
 | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $5.99 |
 | Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $11.75 / Used from: $10.90 |
 | What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $12.50 |
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