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30-Second EconomicsDonald Marron20114Read→
American AmnesiaJacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson2016—Unread→
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World PovertyMuhammad Yunus, Alan Jolis19996Read→
Boom: Bubbles and the End of StagnationByrne Hobart, Tobias Huber20248Read→
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded PlanetJeffrey D. Sachs20086Read→
Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn Perkins20046Read→
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of CapitalismMuhammad Yunus20076Read→
Development as FreedomAmartya Sen19994Read→
Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund ManagerAnonymous Hedge Fund Manager, n+1, Keith Gessen20103.5Read→
Flash Boys: A Wall Street RevoltMichael Lewis20148Read→
FreakonomicsSteven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner2005—Read→
Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click AmericaAlec MacGillis20214Read→
Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of TelecommunicationsMaximo Torero, Joachim von Braun20065Read→
Making Globalization WorkJoseph E. Stiglitz20067.5Read→
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral EconomicsRichard H. Thaler20157Read→
Naked EconomicsCharles Wheelan20029Read→
Only the Rich Can Play: How Washington Works in the New Gilded AgeDavid Wessel2021—Unread→
Open BordersBryan Caplan, Zach Weinersmith20197Read→
Option Volatility & PricingSheldon Natenberg1994—Partly read→
Other People's MoneyJohn Kay20156Read→
Portfolios of the PoorDaryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, et al.20098Read→
Principles of EconomicsN. Gregory Mankiw19988Read→
ProgressJohan Norberg20168Read→
The Bottom BillionPaul Collier20077Read→
The Capitalist ManifestoJohan Norberg2023—Unread→