Essays on Political Economy
by Frederic Bastiat | 
The Secrets of the Federal Reserve
by Eustace Mullins | 
House of Debt
by Atif Mian | 
The Global Minotaur
by Yanis Varoufakis | 
The Way the World Works
by Jude Wanniski | 
Stabilizing an Unstable Economy
by Hyman Minsky | 
The Economy of Cities
by Jane Jacobs | 
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
by Ben S. Bernanke | 
Macroeconomics
by Paul Krugman | 
The Theory of Money and Credit
by Ludwig von Mises | 
Microeconomics
by Paul Krugman | 
GDP
by Diane Coyle | 
Culture and Prosperity
by John Kay | 
The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
by David Ricardo | 
More Heat than Light
by Philip Mirowski | 
The Great Escape
by Angus Deaton | 
Machine Dreams
by Philip Mirowski | 
History of Economic Thought
by E. K. Hunt | 
Soros on Soros
by George Soros | 
The Assumptions Economists Make
by Jonathan Schlefer |
British economist Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was one of the founders of the "neoclassical" school in which economists studied both wealth and human behavior to understand why we make the choices we do. First published in 1890, Principles of Economics stands as Marshall's most influential work. This abridged edition offers a general introduction to the study of economics, dealing mainly with normal conditions of industry, employment, and wages. It begins by isolating the primary relations of supply, demand, and price in regard to a particular commodity. Following his study of science, history, and philosophy, Marshall argues that, while fragmentary statistical hypotheses are used as temporary aids to dynamic economic concepts, the central idea of economics must be that of a living force and movement, and its main concern must be with human beings who are impelled, for better or worse, to change and progress.