Introduction

The Reading Lists by Topic pages contain some suggested readings organized by topic, including materials available on Econlib. Brief reviews or descriptions are included for many items. Many of these materials are advanced and are most suitable for post-college students.

Topics


Microeconomics

Price Theory and Principles Textbooks

Information, Markets, and Spontaneous Order

The Invisible Hand

Mathematics, Game Theory, and Quantitative Theory


Macroeconomics

Capital and Investment

Business Cycles

Money Demand and Supply

Classics in Money and Banking

Inflation

Interest Rates and Uncertainty


International Economics

Comparative Advantage

Free Trade

Development and Investment


Public Economics

Public Finance and Public Economics Textbooks, Public Choice


Population and Demographics

Population and Labor Mobility


Labor

Inequality and Discrimination

Unions

Wages and the Marginal Product of Labor

Economics of Health

Economics of Education

Welfare, Social Security


Law and Economics

Law, Property Rights, and Institutions


Industrial Organization

Market Structure, Firms, and Institutional Organization


Economic Growth

Development and Investment

Environmental Economics and Natural Resources

Technological Change


Economic History

General Economic History

Macroeconomic and Monetary History

Race, Slavery, and Economics

War, Colonialism, and Imperialism


Methodology and History of Thought

Pre-1800 Economic Thought, Including Mercantilism

1800-1900: Economics Classics, including Neoclassical Thought

Laissez Faire and the Role of the State

Capitalism and Socialism

Austrian Economics

History of Economic Thought: What is Economics?

Nobel Laureates

Methodology

Economics and Ethics


Fiction

Novels, Short Stories, and Science Fiction