Economy Books

This collection of economy books covers many topics from markets, to innovation, to management. It contains books for investors, founders or creators who want to develop a deeper understanding of how an economy works and how to thrive and survive as a market participant.

A Guide to Econometrics
Peter Kennedy
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A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market
Wilhelm Röpke
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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
Edward O. Thorp
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A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder - How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and on-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place
Eric Abrahamson & David H. Freedman
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Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
Tim Harford
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Alchemy: The Magic of Original Thinking in a World of Mind-Numbing Conformity
Rory Sutherland
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Bailouts or Bail-Ins?: Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Economies
Nouriel Roubini & Brad Setser
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Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
Joe Coulombe
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Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Maggie Mahar
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Changing Fortunes: The World's Money and the Threat to American Leadership
Paul Volcker & Toyoo Gyohten
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Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
Scott Patterson
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Chasing String in the Digital Era
Jaffer Ali
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Commodities and Commodity Derivatives: Modelling and Pricing for Agriculturals, Metals and Energy
Helyette Geman
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Die Kunst, über Geld nachzudenken
André Kostolany
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Economic Fundamentalism: A World Model for Structural Adjustment
Jane Kelsey
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Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion
P. T. Bauer
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False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
John Gray
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Financial Derivatives: Pricing, Applications, and Mathematics
Jamil Baz & George Chacko
Amazon
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
Lee Kuan Yew
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Hopping over the Rabbit Hole: How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success
Anthony Scaramucci
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration
Bent Flyvbjerg
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How to Get Rich
Felix Dennis
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I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words
George Beahm
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If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise
Deirdre N. McCloskey
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Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
Seth A. Klarman
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Market Volatility
Robert J. Shiller
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Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders
Jack D. Schwager
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Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Ricardo Semler
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Mob Rules: What The Mafia Can Teach The Legitimate Businessman
Louis Ferrante
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Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life
Emanuel Derman
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No Bull: My Life In and Out of Markets
Michael Steinhardt
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Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charlie Munger & Peter Kaufman (Ed.)
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Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy
Richard Werner
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Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
Alfie Kohn
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
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Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms
Mark Spitznagel
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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
James C. Scott
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight
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The Alchemy of Finance
George Soros
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The Art of Money Getting
P. T. Barnum
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The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity
Ricardo Hausmann, Cesar Hidalgo et al
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The Coal Question
William Stanley Jevons
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The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
Mark Spitznagel
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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
Warren E. Buffett & Lawrence A. Cunningham
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The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success
Albert-László Barabási
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
John Maynard Keynes
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The Great Crash 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
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The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
John Coates
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The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy
James Montier
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The Little Book That Builds Wealth: The Knockout Formula for Finding Great Investments
Pat Dorsey
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The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
Benoit Mandelbrot
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The Panic of 1907: Heralding a New Era of Finance, Capitalism, and Democracy
Robert F. Bruner & Sean D. Carr
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The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
Edward Chancellor
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The Soul of A New Machine
Tracy Kidder
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The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets
Johannes Voit
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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small
John Gall
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The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
Phil Zimbardo & John Boyd
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The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
John Kay
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
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Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Tim Ferriss
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Roger Lowenstein
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Didier Sornette
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
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Economy Books

A Guide to Econometrics

A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder - How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and on-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place

Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

Alchemy: The Magic of Original Thinking in a World of Mind-Numbing Conformity

Bailouts or Bail-Ins?: Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Economies

Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys

Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004

Changing Fortunes: The World's Money and the Threat to American Leadership

Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis

Chasing String in the Digital Era

Commodities and Commodity Derivatives: Modelling and Pricing for Agriculturals, Metals and Energy

Die Kunst, über Geld nachzudenken

Economic Fundamentalism: A World Model for Structural Adjustment

Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion

False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism

Financial Derivatives: Pricing, Applications, and Mathematics

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000

Hopping over the Rabbit Hole: How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success

How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration

How to Get Rich

I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words

If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise

Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor

Market Volatility

Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

Mob Rules: What The Mafia Can Teach The Legitimate Businessman

Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life

No Bull: My Life In and Out of Markets

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy

Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms

Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

The Alchemy of Finance

The Art of Money Getting

The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity

The Coal Question

The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America

The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

The Great Crash 1929

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust

The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy

The Little Book That Builds Wealth: The Knockout Formula for Finding Great Investments

The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence

The Panic of 1907: Heralding a New Era of Finance, Capitalism, and Democracy

The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest

The Soul of A New Machine

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets

The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future