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As Gods Among Men As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West Guido Alfani

How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and helped (or didn’t help) their communities in times of crisis

Slow Burn Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World Robert Jisung Park

How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun—from lower test scores to higher crime rates—and how we might tackle them today

Money Capital Money Capital: New Monetary Principles for a More Prosperous Society Patrick Bolton and Haizhou Huang

A novel perspective on monetary and fiscal policy that views money as the equity capital of a nation

The Bankers’ New Clothes The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - New and Expanded Edition Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig

A Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg Businessweek Book of the Year

Why our banking system is broken—and what we must do to fix it

Structural Econometric Modeling in Industrial Organization and Quantitative Marketing Structural Econometric Modeling in Industrial Organization and Quantitative Marketing: Theory and Applications Ali Hortaçsu and Joonhwi Joo

A concise and rigorous introduction to widely used approaches in structural econometric modeling

Microeconomic Foundations II Microeconomic Foundations II: Imperfect Competition, Information, and Strategic Interaction David M. Kreps

A cutting-edge introduction to key topics in modern economic theory for first-year graduate students in economics and related fields

Econometrics Econometrics Bruce Hansen

The most authoritative and up-to-date core econometrics textbook available

The Divine Economy The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People Paul Seabright

A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world

Probability and Statistics for Economists Probability and Statistics for Economists Bruce Hansen

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the mathematics that all economics students need to know

International Macroeconomics International Macroeconomics: A Modern Approach Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Martín Uribe, and Michael Woodford

An essential introduction to one of the most timely and important subjects in economics

Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy Holger Sieg

An innovative advanced-undergraduate and graduate-level textbook in urban economics

Financial Economics of Insurance Financial Economics of Insurance Ralph S.J. Koijen and Motohiro Yogo

An authoritative and comprehensive graduate textbook on the modern insurance sector

The Wealth of a Nation The Wealth of a Nation: Institutional Foundations of English Capitalism Geoffrey M. Hodgson

How the development of legal and financial institutions transformed Britain into the world’s first capitalist country

The Corporation and the Twentieth Century The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise Richard N. Langlois

A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era

A Fabulous Failure A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein

How the Clinton administration betrayed its progressive principles and capitulated to the right

The Chile Project The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism Sebastian Edwards

How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globe

The Pandemic Paradox The Pandemic Paradox: How the COVID Crisis Made Americans More Financially Secure Scott Fulford

Why most Americans’ finances improved during the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression—and the policy choices that made this possible

A Crash Course on Crises A Crash Course on Crises: Macroeconomic Concepts for Run-Ups, Collapses, and Recoveries Markus K. Brunnermeier and Ricardo Reis

An incisive overview of the macroeconomics of financial crises—essential reading for students and policy experts alike

A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021 A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021 Alan S. Blinder

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden—filled with lessons for today

The Power of Hope The Power of Hope: How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair Carol Graham

Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-being

Career and Family Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity Claudia Goldin

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics

A renowned economic historian traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home

Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod

An engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages

The Spirit of Green The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World William D. Nordhaus

From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why “green thinking” could cure many of the world’s most serious problems—from global warming to pandemics

The Profit Paradox The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work Jan Eeckhout

A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the world

What’s the Matter with Delaware? What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All Hal Weitzman

How the “First State” has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of us

What We Owe Each Other What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society Minouche Shafik

From one of the leading policy experts of our time, an urgent rethinking of how we can better support each other to thrive

In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio: The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest Andrew W. Lo and Stephen R. Foerster

How the greatest thinkers in finance changed the field and how their wisdom can help investors today

Virtuous Bankers Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England Anne L. Murphy

An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became “a great engine of state”

The Economist’s Craft The Economist’s Craft: An Introduction to Research, Publishing, and Professional Development Michael S. Weisbach

An incisive guide that helps up-and-coming economists become successful scholars

Cogs and Monsters Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be Diane Coyle

How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economy

Thinking like an Economist Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy Elizabeth Popp Berman

The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s—and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions today

Adam Smith’s America Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism Glory M. Liu

The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets

Restarting the Future Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake

From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today’s intangible economy

The Israeli Economy The Israeli Economy: A Story of Success and Costs Joseph Zeira

An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present

Complicit Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop Max H. Bazerman

What all of us can do to fight the pervasive human tendency to enable wrongdoing in the workplace, politics, and beyond

Democratic Federalism Democratic Federalism: The Economics, Politics, and Law of Federal Governance Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld

An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the field

The Great Escape The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality Angus Deaton

A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuries