2006
by Alan Reynolds
Sep 2006
List: $55.00
248 pages
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Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker
Jun 2006
 (21 reviews) List: $29.95
527 pages
it is one of the best I’ve ever laid my hands on
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A Story of Economic Discovery
by David Warsh
May 2006
(22 reviews) List: $27.95
320 pages
A must read.
| 2005
Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability
by William W. Lewis
Oct 2005
 (13 reviews) List: $14.00
368 pages
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When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil
Sep 2005
(84 reviews) List: $29.95
672 pages
Ray Kurzweil has written a new book about the probabilities, not just possibilities, of quickly-compounding growth in the very near future.
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by James Surowiecki
Aug 2005
(114 reviews) List: $14.00
336 pages
Guess what: The masses aren't so stupid after all (...although that should be no surprise to free-market advocates). This book explains why.
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Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World
by Hugh Hewitt
Jan 2005
 (49 reviews) List: $19.99
256 pages
• "None of us have time to understand everything, so we have to trust surrogates."
• "The key to keep in mind is that trust drives everything."
• "The public becomes the editor."
• "Trust must be earned and is easily lost."
| 2004
366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done
by Peter F. Drucker
Oct 2004
 (22 reviews) List: $19.95
448 pages
I've you've never read anything by Peter Drucker, I strongly suggest fixing that problem. A good start is a recent book, The Daily Drucker, consisting of 366 different snippets from his past writings.
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The Epic History of American Economic Power
by John Steele Gordon
Oct 2004
(32 reviews) List: $26.95
480 pages
| 2002
by Neal Stephenson
Nov 2002
(781 reviews) List: $7.99
1168 pages
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Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
by William Easterly
Aug 2002
(54 reviews) List: $23.95
356 pages
This book is about what works and (mostly) what doesn't work in the endeavor to help poor countries lift themselves out of poverty—but the fundamental lesson applies generally, not just to poor countries: successful programs require that the right incentives be put in place.
| 1999
Introduction to Bridge
by Audrey Grant
Oct 1999
 (1 review) List: $14.95
300 pages
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by William Strunk Jr.,
E. B. White
Jul 1999
(287 reviews) List: $9.95
105 pages
Indispensable little book
It costs less than one lunch, and it belongs next to every monitor that's used for email or blogging. Me? I own three copies: one each at the office desk, home desk, and home easy chair. I'll start keeping one in my car, too, if the rush hour traffic jams get any worse.
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by Edwin B. Kantar
Jul 1999
(7 reviews) List: $21.95
240 pages
Eddie Kantar is world champion and a famous teacher. If you enjoy having good laughs as you learn, Eddie's your guy. He makes learning a lot of fun.
| 1997
The Federal Budget, Trade, and Social Security
by Robert Eisner
Oct 1997
List: $9.95
75 pages
Lucid and concise.
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Defense (Heart Series) Introduction to Bridge Defense
by Audrey Grant
Jan 1997
(2 reviews) List: $14.95
384 pages
| 1996
Five Myths and One Reality
by Frances X. Cavanaugh
Sep 1996
List: $22.95
172 pages
Do you know anybody who could use a good dose of the truth about the national debt? Truth that, believe it or not, is completely unaffected by which party occupies the White House? If so, read this concise little gem of a book, and you’ll be more than ready for the demagogues and sloganeers, regardless of their party affiliation.
| 1992
by Fitzhugh Dodson
Jun 1992
(1 review) List: $6.99
512 pages
I read this book twenty-six years ago, and remember how glad I was that I'd discovered it. Four years later, I reread it—and remember thinking that was the last time I'd need it . . . so I forgot all about it.
Well, I bought a replacement copy from Amazon, and it is on its way to my son and his wife.
| 1990
Bidding
by Audrey Grant
Jan 1990
(12 reviews) List: $14.95
322 pages
| 1987
The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World
by Nathan Rosenberg,
L. E. Birdzell Jr.
May 1987
(2 reviews) List: $24.50
368 pages
"The perception of poverty as morally intolerable in a rich society had to await the emergence of a rich society."
"Growth is, of course, a form of change, and growth is impossible when change is not permitted. And successful change requires a large measure of freedom to experiment. A grant of that kind of freedom costs a society's rulers their feeling of control... The great majority of societies, past and present, have not allowed it. Nor have they escaped from poverty."
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