Economics Reading Lists by Topic
Introduction
The Reading Lists by Topic pages contain some suggested readings organized by topic, including materials available on Econlib. Brief reviews or descriptions are included for many items. Many of these materials are advanced and are most suitable for post-college students.
Topics
Price Theory and Principles Textbooks
Supply and Demand
Information, Markets, and Spontaneous Order
Consumer Protection
Production
Exchange and production economies
Externalities
Mathematics, Game Theory, and Quantitative Theory
Macroeconomics
Consumption and Saving
Interest Rates and Uncertainty
Intertemporal Choice
International Economics
International Factor and Capital Movements
Foreign Exchange and International Monetary Institutions
International Debt
Public Economics
Public Finance and Public Economics Textbooks, Public Choice
Taxation, Subsidies, Revenue
Public Goods
Population and Demographics
Labor
Human Capital
Wages and the Marginal Product of Labor
Law and Economics
Law, Property Rights, and Institutions
Antitrust Law
Tax Law
Industrial Organization
Market Structure, Firms, and Institutional Organization
Public Enterprises
Economics of Regulation
Economic Growth
Environmental Economics and Natural Resources
Intellectual Property Rights
Economic History
Macroeconomic and Monetary History
War, Colonialism, and Imperialism
Methodology and History of Thought
Pre-1800 Economic Thought, Including Mercantilism
1800-1900: Economics Classics, including Neoclassical Thought
Laissez Faire and the Role of the State
History of Economic Thought: What is Economics?
Fiction