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  Books You Should Read If You Are Interested in Economics  
       
    Microeconomics List  
     

Allan Blinder, Hard Heads, Soft Hearts
Arthur Okun, Equality and Efficiency
Burton Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Dixit and Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically
McKenzie/Tullock, The New World of Economics
Milton Friedman, Free to Choose
Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers
Greg Harford, The Undercover Economist
Greg Harford, The Logic of Life
Russell Roberts, The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism
Shapiro and Virian, Information Rules
Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist
Steven Landsburg, Fair Play
Todd Buchholz, New Ideas from Dead Economists
Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies

  
         
    Macroeconomics List  
     

Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights
George Gilder, Wealth and Poverty
J.K. Galbraith, Money: Whence It Came From, Where It Went
J.K. Galbraith, The Great Crash
John Mueller, Capitalism, Democracy and Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery
Jude Wannisky, How the World Works
Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
P.J. O’Rourke, Eat the Rich
Paul Krugman, The Age of Diminished Expectations
Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity
Robert J. Barro, Getting It Right
Robert Reich, The Work of Nations
Robert Bartley, The Seven Fat Years
Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers
Peter Temmin, Lessons of the Great Depression
Willaim Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth
William Easterly, The White Man's Burden
David Warsh, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations
Willaim Bamoul, Robert Litan, and Carl Schram, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism

  
     
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  Economics U$A Extra Credit Video Lists  
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#1 Scarce Resources: What is Economics all About?
#2 Markets and Prices: Does the Free Market Respond to People's Needs
#26 Public Goods and Responsibilities: How Far Should We Go?
#15 The Firm: How Can It Keep Costs Down?
#16 Supply and Demand: What Sets the Price?
#17 Perfect Competition and Inelastic Demand: Can the Farmer Make a Profit?
#18 Economic Efficiency: What Price Controls?
#19 Monopoly: Who’s In Control?
#20 Oligopolies: What Ever Happened to Price Competition?
#21 Pollution: How Much is a Clean Environment Worth?
#22 Labor and Management: How Do They Come to Terms?
#23 Profits and Interest: Where Is the Best Return?
#24 Reducing Poverty: What Have We Done?
#27 International Trade		  
           
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#11 Productivity: Can We Get More For Less?
#4 Booms and Busts: What Causes the Business Cycle?
#3 U.S. Economic Growth: What is the Gross National Product?
#5 J. M. Keynes: What Did We Learn from the Great Depression?
#6 Fiscal Policy: Can We Control the Economy?
#12 Federal Deficits: Can We Live with Them?
#8 The Banking System: Why Must It Be Protected?
#9 The Federal Reserve: Does Money Matter?
#13 Monetary Policy: How Well Does It Work?
#7 Inflation: How Did the Spiral Begin?
#10 Stagflation: Why Couldn't We Beat It?
#14 Stabilization Policy: Are We Still in Control?
#25 Economic Growth: Can We Keep Up the Pace?
#28 What in the World Is the Dollar Worth?

  
       
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