Reddit's r/Economics Reading List

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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating โ€” 564,613 ratings
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty 4.09 avg rating โ€” 59,218 ratings
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 4.28 avg rating โ€” 23,741 ratings
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality 3.82 avg rating โ€” 2,418 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating โ€” 445,054 ratings
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor 3.96 avg rating โ€” 3,855 ratings
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The Worldly Philosophers
The Worldly Philosophers 4.16 avg rating โ€” 8,759 ratings
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating โ€” 34,381 ratings
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Random Walk Down Wall Street 4.14 avg rating โ€” 39,409 ratings
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Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom 3.90 avg rating โ€” 14,799 ratings
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The New Geography of Jobs
The New Geography of Jobs 4.03 avg rating โ€” 2,710 ratings
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The Undercover Economist
The Undercover Economist 3.81 avg rating โ€” 29,088 ratings
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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback)
Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback) 3.87 avg rating โ€” 3,836 ratings
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 3.84 avg rating โ€” 92,734 ratings
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions 4.12 avg rating โ€” 129,363 ratings
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating โ€” 885,844 ratings
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement 4.22 avg rating โ€” 9,340 ratings
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The Affluent Society
The Affluent Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 3,046 ratings
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy 3.92 avg rating โ€” 3,202 ratings
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The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else 3.99 avg rating โ€” 4,346 ratings
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A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World 3.75 avg rating โ€” 1,276 ratings
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good 3.84 avg rating โ€” 5,637 ratings
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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics 3.96 avg rating โ€” 1,643 ratings
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Global Financial Warriors: The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post-9/11 World
Global Financial Warriors: The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post-9/11 World 2.80 avg rating โ€” 20 ratings
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Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life
Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life 3.73 avg rating โ€” 3,990 ratings
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The Nature of Economies
The Nature of Economies 3.81 avg rating โ€” 494 ratings
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An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions
An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions 4.15 avg rating โ€” 1,541 ratings
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Micromotives and Macrobehavior
Micromotives and Macrobehavior 3.99 avg rating โ€” 1,177 ratings
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life 3.68 avg rating โ€” 3,329 ratings
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The New Industrial State
The New Industrial State 3.91 avg rating โ€” 489 ratings
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Pop Internationalism
Pop Internationalism 3.70 avg rating โ€” 412 ratings
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The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science
The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science 3.89 avg rating โ€” 1,023 ratings
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Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories
Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories 3.73 avg rating โ€” 22 ratings
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The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy 3.98 avg rating โ€” 121 ratings
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Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom 4.10 avg rating โ€” 7,023 ratings
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time 3.69 avg rating โ€” 11,197 ratings
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Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet 3.65 avg rating โ€” 1,792 ratings
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It 3.85 avg rating โ€” 7,939 ratings
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Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places
Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places 3.86 avg rating โ€” 850 ratings
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty 4.12 avg rating โ€” 10,336 ratings
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism 3.97 avg rating โ€” 3,205 ratings
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Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 15 ratings
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More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty 3.95 avg rating โ€” 989 ratings
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Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery
Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery 3.92 avg rating โ€” 317 ratings
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The Making of an Economist, Redux
The Making of an Economist, Redux 3.46 avg rating โ€” 74 ratings
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Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current State
Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current State 4.36 avg rating โ€” 104 ratings
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In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington
In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington 3.70 avg rating โ€” 656 ratings
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The Age of Turbulence
The Age of Turbulence 3.65 avg rating โ€” 7,226 ratings
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In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic 3.74 avg rating โ€” 1,065 ratings
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A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View
A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View 3.53 avg rating โ€” 77 ratings
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On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System 3.80 avg rating โ€” 3,095 ratings