Economic History Books


The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Best Price: $8.67 This book explains the economic disasters of the last few decades. It connects the dots. I...	A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World Best Price: $18.24 For those who like their history on a broad canvas, this book will certainly satisfy. William...	Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Best Price: $6.79 Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker is a must read for anyone trying to understand the 2008 crisis in...	The Wisdom of Crowds Best Price: $8.04 Afterthoughts: The title could have been "The Wisdom of One Man" because author James...	The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm Best Price: $15.45 The Panic of 1907 begins with the roaring economy at the time---the boom that always comes...



Wealth, War and Wisdom Best Price: $16.59 It is an age-old notion. The investing public provides liquidity to the "smart...	Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve Best Price: $10.94 The book appears to contain a few things of substance, but you have to look so hard to get past...	The Great Crash 1929 Best Price: $6.80 Galbraith does an excellent job in demonstrating how the private sector commercial bankers'...	The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More Best Price: $4.93 Anderson's TV appearance on Charlie Rose induced me to read his Wired column which interested me...	The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! Best Price: $7.99 I had mixed feelings throughout the book. The book started out really well and captivating, but...



The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers [7th Edition] Best Price: $7.94 I read this book for a Microeconomics class that I took with Dr. Gertmenian at Pepperdine in...	Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Best Price: $11.40 I really enjoyed this book. Often, people seem to think the problems of the modern world are...	The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, And the World Economy, 1400 to the Present (Sources and Studies in World History) Best Price: $21.38 The authors have written a book with a clear-cut agenda--to force American students to recognize...	The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life Best Price: $7.50 A local newspaper just reported that Microsoft will be opening an Innovation Center here in...	Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World Best Price: $11.52 A bit America-centric for European readers but nonetheless great to have all this info in one...

China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America Best Price: $3.54 Writing this in 2008, May, I have to say that I enjoyed the book, it left me with an idea of...	The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy Best Price: $8.34 This is a book for critics of "Capitalism" not its supporters. The sub-title of this...	A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) Best Price: $16.99 Clark says he spent 20 years writing this. I believe it. Despite frequent amusing anecdotes,...	The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron Best Price: $4.00 Very well researched account of the rise and downfall of Enron. It chronicles the start and the...	Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation Best Price: $5.40 I first read "Devil Take the Hindmost" a year or so after it came out and enjoyed it...

Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism Best Price: $14.83 I found this book interesting, because I was Senior Economist and Deputy Director of Economic...	The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Best Price: $6.20 a seminal work and a must read for anyone in the military with an interest in world history and...	The Race between Education and Technology Best Price: $39.94 This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment...	Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between) Best Price: $12.24 I just finished reading this book today, and I am almost sad to be done with it. I consider...	The Birth of Plenty : How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created Best Price: $17.84 This is a must read book. The gist of his message was very positive and gave me great hope....

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism Best Price: $15.50 Critics of free trade tend to fall into two camps, irrational and rational. The irrational...	New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought Best Price: $3.76 Luckily, economics got that "dismal science" label a long time ago, because this book...	Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West Best Price: $11.67 There are going to be other reviewers who can provide more erudite reviews-- reviews better...	The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy Best Price: $8.45 If you see this book on the bookshelf, and don't know much about Wal-Mart (as is the case with...	Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader Best Price: $8.90 This book should be required reading for all business majors and MBA students. Partnoy takes you...

Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins Best Price: $3.49 As an aspiring young entrepreneur, I found Tom Perkins' Valley Boy a most enjoyable read. I was...	God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World Best Price: $11.00 In his new book, 'God and Gold', foreign affairs expert Walter Russell Mead argues that modern...	The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy Best Price: $6.00 A book from Dr. L's class that help to shape my belief in freedom in the marketplace. A very...	Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company Best Price: $6.70 This is a great book that talks about the History of Apple Computer. I couldn't put it down and...	Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America Best Price: $7.25 It's cliched to say something like "The best history books bring history alive." The...

Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) Best Price: $24.98 This book is to be bought for the first 7 and a half chapters. It's a solid 4 star rating then....	The Great Transformation Best Price: $12.89 While this is now a classic text, having been written in 1944, as time passes it provides a more...	The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Dover Value Editions) Best Price: $5.70 While I cannot claim to be able to read this classic work in the original German, I share many...	The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too Best Price: $16.50 The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution of...	Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power (P.S.) Best Price: $5.00 The author celebrates triumphs of the past but seriously fails to prepare a reader for...

Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction Best Price: $21.88 I thought this to be a very dynamic book that is loaded with ideas that spring from an intellect...	The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics Best Price: $14.99 This is a complicated book because of its length and technical verbiage in economics. The...	On The Wealth of Nations: Books That Changed the World Best Price: $5.45 I probably will not finish reading this book. I thought, "What a great opportunity to learn...	Essays on the Great Depression Best Price: $24.22 Anyone can spin a story about anything using the various mumbo-jumbo parts of mainstream...	Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination Best Price: $14.99 Professor Freedman examines Medieval Europe and its metamorphosis into Modern Europe from the...

Principles of Economics Best Price: $65.50 Economics is a necessary part of business and for people to just plain understand how money and...	Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 Best Price: $47.00 MV=PQ (and other variations) Monetary History of the United States is one of the greatest and...	On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore Best Price: $17.00 "We need an effort like we've never seen before... again!" Like many computer geeks...	Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets Best Price: $8.00 Professor McMillan has written an eminently readable book on the markets. He uses short...	The Model T: A Centennial History Best Price: $16.20 This is a very good book that will appeal to a broad audience. Robert Casey has written as much...

The World Is Flat?: A Critical Analysis of New York Times Bestseller by Thomas Friedman Best Price: $16.16 Thomas Friedman is a poor excuse for a 21st century sage. Aronica and Ramdoo correctly point to...	The Wealth of Nations: Books 1-3 (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $6.00 The first three "books" (the term for "chapters" in Smith's age) of the...	Team Rodent : How Disney Devours the World Best Price: $4.75 This little 83-page tract against The Walt Disney Company is intended to entertain more than...	The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story Best Price: $0.95 This book could easily be transposed as an academic study in a scholarly journal or as a...	Microeconomics Best Price: $91.99 This book may be an introduction to macroeconomics but it lacks the necessary depth needed to be...

The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Best Price: $13.99 Another book that Dr. L had us read. During the 2008 presidential debate I see one party is...

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