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Comparative economics
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New Books!

We Are Better Than This by Edward D. Kleinbard
Call Number: HJ257.2.K59 2015
ISBN: 9780199332243
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
The Economics of Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination in the 21st Century by Robert S. Rycroft (Editor)
Call Number: HN90.S6E26 2013 v.1 & 2
ISBN: 0313396922
Publication Date: 2013-03-07
Ethics in Economics by Jonathan Wight
Call Number: HB72.W537 2015
ISBN: 9780804793285
Publication Date: 2015-04-22
The Economics of Welfare by A. C. Pigou
Call Number: HB771.P6 2013
ISBN: 9780230249318
Publication Date: 2013-12-06
Big Picture Economics by Joel Naroff; Ron Scherer
Call Number: HB171.N27 2014
ISBN: 9780470641811
Publication Date: 2014-04-21

Suggested Titles

The following are titles that will give an overview of economic history and theory. Including both print and ebooks, these titles will introduce popular topics and ideas that you may need to know for you classes.

Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Call Number: HB171.S713 2011
ISBN: 9780465022526
Publication Date: 2010-12-28
A simple overview of the history and fundamental ideas in economics.
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Call Number: HC59.15.H35 2007
ISBN: 9780195189773
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
An explanation of economic principles, using real world examples to demonstrate them.
Globalizing Capital by Barry Eichengreen
Call Number: HG3881.E347 1996
ISBN: 9780691139371
Publication Date: 2008-10-05
This brief text provides the history of the international financial system for the last 150 years.
The Accidental Theorist by Paul Krugman
Call Number: HB74.5.K78 1998
ISBN: 9780393318876
Publication Date: 1999-04-17
A collection of Krugman's essays, which attempt to explain conflicts between economics and ideology.
The Assumptions Economists Make by Jonathan Schlefer
Call Number: HB171.S376 2012
ISBN: 9780674052260
Publication Date: 2012-03-20
How economists use theory to create economic models, and use them to make predictions.
Contending Economic Theories by Richard D. Wolff; Stephen A. Resnick
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780262517836
Publication Date: 2012-09-07
Explanation and comparison between the three main economic theories: neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian.
Big Picture Economics by Joel Naroff; Ron Scherer
Call Number: HB171.N27 2014
ISBN: 9780470641811
Publication Date: 2014-04-21
A look at how the Government uses economics to determine their decisions & policies.

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