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History of Economics

1. A New Economic View of American History: From Colonial Times to 1940

   Jeremy Atack, Peter Passell

   Second Edition

   New sources of data, together with advances in theory, offer the opportunity for a fresh look at old and new questions.More

2. Rome, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation

   Stanley Bing

   The world's first corporate case study, as only the best-selling Stanley Bing could tell it.More

3. The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas

   James Buchan

   Celebrated author James Buchan on the widely known—but often misread—Scottish philosopher Adam Smith.More

4. Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance

   Jane Gleeson-White

   “A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping.”—Elif Batuman, author of The PossessedMore

5. Teachings from the Worldly Philosophy

   Robert L. Heilbroner

   Selections from great writings on economics, annotated and introduced by a distinguished economist and teacher.More

6. An Inquiry into the Human Prospect: Looked at Again for the 1990s

   Robert L. Heilbroner

   Is there hope for man? That "terrible question" was posed by Robert L. Heilbroner in the original version of An Inquiry into the Human Prospect.More

7. Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance

   Lisa Jardine

   "Fascinating. . . . A notable achievement. . . . Real history is in the details, the small stories, of which Worldly Goods is a treasure house."—Richard Bernstein, New York TimesMore

8. Essays in Persuasion

   John Maynard Keynes

   The essays in this volume show Keynes's attempts to influence the course of events by public persuasion over the period of 1919-40.More

9. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

   Paul Krugman

   The New York Times bestseller: the Nobel Prize–winning economist shows how today’s crisis parallels the Great Depression—and explains how to avoid catastrophe. With a new foreword for this paperback edition.More

10. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    David S. Landes

    "Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book ReviewMore

11. Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets

    John McMillan

    Clear, insightful, and nondogmatic, this book gives us a new appreciation for one of our most ubiquitous institutions.More

12. Structure and Change in Economic History

    Douglass C. North

    In this bold, sweeping study of the development of Western economies, Douglass C. North sets forth a new view of societal change.More

13. The Economic Growth of the United States: 1790-1860

    Douglass C. North

    "All readers will profit by the virtuosity with which the author has carried out his pioneering attempt to erect the structure of economic hisotry on the basis of a theory of development." —Carter Goodrich, American Historical ReviewMore

14. The Rise of China: How Economic Reform is Creating a New Superpower

    William H. Overholt

    Long considered an overpopulated, repressive, backward country, China has in the last decade entered the small circle of advanced industrial nations. Economic reform, more than any other factor, is responsible for this progress, maintains William H. Overholt in this provocative book.More

15. Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence

    Tim Parks

    “A swift and brilliant synthesis of finance, politics, and history.”—Ben Sisario, New York Times Book ReviewMore