Recently a friend of mine, who is non-economics major, asked me to provide him a list of economic books that are non technical and interesting to read during the summer. Here’s what I come up with, in no particular order:
- The Armchair Economist, Steven Landsburg.
- More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics, Steven Landsburg.
- Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
- The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford.
- The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich but Most Remain Poor, John Kay.
- The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly.
- The White Man’s Burden, William Easterly.
If any of you have some other interesting titles that you have read or just dying to read, let me know. Enjoy the summer!
5 comments:
Sir, sir, can we read these books by the beach? It is , after all, summer ;-)
oh yah, what about The Commanding Heights?
that's a good one. Have you seen the documentary?
non, not yet...
How about "The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas" by Robert H. Frank?? The book shows some interesting relationship between daily phenomena and economic concepts or even jargons.
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