Books about Markets

How do markets work? Why are common academic theories wrong in many occasions? If you engage yourself in the market you have to develop at least some basic understanding and this overview of books about markets will help you in that endeavour.

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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Bailouts or Bail-Ins?: Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Economies
Nouriel Roubini & Brad Setser
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Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Maggie Mahar
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Capital
Karl Marx
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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Joseph A. Schumpeter
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Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West
Christopher Knowlton
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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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Economic Fundamentalism: A World Model for Structural Adjustment
Jane Kelsey
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Elements of Pure Economics, or The Theory of Social Wealth
Leon Walras
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Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China
Jin Xu
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Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion
P. T. Bauer
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Ergodicity Economics
Ole Peters & Alexander Adamou
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False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
John Gray
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise
Deirdre N. McCloskey
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Just Price in the Markets: A History
Charles R. Geisst
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Manual of Political Economy
Vilfredo Pareto
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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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Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life
Emanuel Derman
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Money and Promises: Seven Deals that Changed the World
Paolo Zannoni
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Money: A Story of Humanity
David McWilliams
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My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
Emanuel Derman
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Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events
Robert J. Shiller
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Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities
Alain Bertaud
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Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy
Richard Werner
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
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Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered
Ernst F. Schumacher
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The Alchemy of Finance
George Soros
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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 Economy of Cities
Jane Jacobs
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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
William Easterly
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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 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 Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
David Ricardo
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The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets
Johannes Voit
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The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
John Kay
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The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
Dan Davies
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
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What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
Jim Paul & Brendan Moynihan
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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Didier Sornette
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Books about Markets

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

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

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

Capital

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West

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

Economic Fundamentalism: A World Model for Structural Adjustment

Elements of Pure Economics, or The Theory of Social Wealth

Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China

Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion

Ergodicity Economics

False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism

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

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

Just Price in the Markets: A History

Manual of Political Economy

Market Volatility

Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

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

Money and Promises: Seven Deals that Changed the World

Money: A Story of Humanity

My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance

Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities

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

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered

The Alchemy of Finance

The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity

The Coal Question

The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World

The Economy of Cities

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

The Great Crash 1929

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 Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets

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

The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

The Wealth of Nations

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars

Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems

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