Economics

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 《国富论》 Adam Smith Smith examines the sources of national wealth and argues that it comes from the division of labour and capital accumulation rather than from… Economics Classic Index 97

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money 《就业、利息和货币通论》 John Maynard Keynes Keynes argues that output and employment are determined by effective demand rather than tending automatically toward full employment, introducing… Economics Classic Index 96

Capital 《资本论》 Karl Marx Marx builds on the labour theory of value to develop concepts such as surplus value, capital accumulation, and commodity fetishism, in an attempt to… Economics Classic Index 93

The Road to Serfdom 《通往奴役之路》 Friedrich Hayek Written during the Second World War, Hayek argues that once central planning becomes the primary means of allocating resources it progressively… Economics Classic Index 92

The Great Transformation 《大转型》 Karl Polanyi Polanyi argues that the self-regulating market was not a natural evolution but a nineteenth-century political construction: land, labour, and money… Economics Classic Index 90

Why Nations Fail 《国家为什么会失败》 Daron Acemoglu Acemoglu and Robinson argue that the gap between rich and poor nations lies in institutions: inclusive institutions encourage broad participation… Economics Classic Index 89

Free to Choose 《自由选择》 Milton Friedman The Friedmans argue in accessible terms, using policy cases and historical examples, that economic freedom is a necessary condition of political… Economics Classic Index 88

Capital in the Twenty-First Century 《21 世纪资本论》 Thomas Piketty Piketty uses tax and inheritance records going back to the eighteenth century to argue that when the return on capital exceeds the growth rate over… Economics Classic Index 88

This Time Is Different 《这次不一样》 Carmen Reinhart Reinhart and Rogoff assemble eight centuries of debt and crisis data across dozens of countries to show that sovereign debt crises, banking crises… Economics Classic Index 88

The Worldly Philosophers 《世俗哲学家》 Robert Heilbroner Heilbroner combines biography and intellectual history to present the central preoccupations of economists from Smith, Malthus, and Ricardo through… Economics Classic Index 88

Poor Economics 《贫穷的本质》 Abhijit Banerjee Banerjee and Duflo use randomized controlled trials to study how poor people actually decide — why their choices about food, schooling, health care… Economics Classic Index 85

Misbehaving 《“错误”的行为》 Richard Thaler Thaler recounts, largely autobiographically, how behavioral economics grew from heresy into a mainstream part of the discipline. The core claim: the… Economics Classic Index 85

Economics 1977 The Passions and the Interests Albert O. Hirschman The Passions and the Interests 《欲望与利益》 Albert O. Hirschman How the pursuit of gain was made respectable before capitalism won. Economics AZM's list

Economics 1990 The Politics of Social Solidarity Peter Baldwin The Politics of Social Solidarity 《福利大博弈》 Peter Baldwin The origins of Europe's welfare states and the politics of solidarity. Economics AZM's list

Economics 2020 Coffeeland Augustine Sedgewick Coffeeland 《咖啡帝国》 Augustine Sedgewick Global plunder and the expansion of capitalism, told through coffee. Economics AZM's list

Economics 2013 Masahiro Yamada 社会为什么对年轻人冷酷无情 《社会为什么对年轻人冷酷无情》 Masahiro Yamada Downward mobility and the harsh predicament of young people in East Asia. Economics AZM's list

Economics 2019 We Have Never Been Middle Class Hadas Weiss We Have Never Been Middle Class 《我们从未中产过》 Hadas Weiss The fragility of the middle class and how people slide back down. Economics AZM's list

Economics 2017 The Fuzzy and the Techie Scott Hartley The Fuzzy and the Techie 《文艺呆与科技宅》 Scott Hartley Against Silicon Valley's disdain for the humanities. Economics AZM's list

Economics 2010 NHK Special Reporting Team 三十不立 《三十不立》 NHK Special Reporting Team Generational poverty among the young after the bubble burst. Economics AZM's list

Economics Richard Easterlin 幸福经济学相关著作 《幸福经济学相关著作》 Richard Easterlin The Easterlin paradox: more income does not reliably buy more happiness. Economics XMS's list

Economics 2003 The Cafe on the Edge of the World John Strelecky The Cafe on the Edge of the World 《世界尽头的咖啡馆系列》 John Strelecky Asking what life is for, and shedding society's ready-made answers. Economics XMS's list

Economics 2003 A Travel Guide to Heaven Anthony DeStefano A Travel Guide to Heaven 《天堂之旅》 Anthony DeStefano What Christian texts say about heaven's landscape, bodies, and daily life. Economics XMS's list