History of Political Economy: A New Course I Am Not Going to Teach This Year--or the Year After
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Classics:
- Albert Hirschman, The Passions and the Interests
- David Hume, "On the Balance of Trade"
- Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments
- Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations
- Paul Krugman, Ricardo's Difficult Idea http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/ricardo.htm
- David Ricardo, On Foreign Trade (chapter 7 of Principles of Political Economy and Taxation)
- David Ricardo, An Essay on the Influence of a Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock
- John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy (selections)
- Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
- Karl Marx, Wage Labor and Capital
- Karl Marx, Capital (selections)
Late Classics:
- Alfred Marshall, Principles of Political Economy (selections)
- Max Weber, The National State and Economic Policy
- Norman Angell, The Great Illusion
Neoclassics:
- Polanyi, The Great Transformation (selections)
- John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- John Maynard Keynes, A Tract on Monetary Reform
- John Maynard Keynes, Essays in Persuasion
- George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
- Friedrich Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society
- Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Friedman
- James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, The Calculus of Consent
Moderns (Africa):
- Albert Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
- Robert Bates, Markets and States in Tropical Africa
- James Scott, Seeing Like a State
- Rene Dumont, False Start in Africa
- Margaret Macmillan et al., When Economic Reform Goes Wrong: Cashews in Mozambique
- Daron Acemoglu et al., An African Success Story: Botswana
