For his students, that is:
- Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
- Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers
- Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity
- Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist
- P.J. O’Rourke, Eat the Rich
- Burton Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street
- Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically
- Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics
- John McMillan, Reinventing the Bazaar
- William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch, Lives of the Laureates
Very good picks, and here is the link. How about a book on globalization (Martin Wolf) or economic development (John Kay)? How about a book on China (????) or economic history (Robert Fogel)?
Addendum: Here is Arnold Kling’s addendum.
Other possible additions:
- Anything by Amartya Sen
- Schelling’s Micromotives and Macrobehavior
“A Fine Balance” by Rohinton Mistry: great portrait of India in development (not to mention a heartbreaking tale of human struggle in the context of an oppressive state).
I would add The Mystery of Capital
Anybody up for James Macdonald’s “A Free Nation Deep In Debt”?
If you’re going to recommend “Freakonomics” I would add “The Undercover Economist” by Tim Harford.
I’d substitute P.J. O’Rourke’s “All the Trouble in the World” for “Eat the Rich” . You get your dose of globalization, the economic insights are as good or better, and the jokes are funnier.
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