Economics
Classic works in the discipline are joined by explorations of how economic reasoning applies to political science and other social sciences, as well as the relevance of economics as moral philosophy. A consistent theme is the view that economics is the study of human choice and its consequences, both intended and unintended.
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Adam Smith (1723-1790) | Frdric Bastiat (1801-1850) | Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) |
See also the extracts, chapters, and introductions in the Economics section of the Ideas page.
More material on Economics can be found at our sister website The Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib). As its name suggests, it specializes in material relating to economics and includes over 120 titles of economic classics, monthly articles on economic topics from around the world, a blog for the discussion of economic ideas (EconLog), a collection of interviews and podcasts (EconTalk), resources for high school teachers of economics, and an Encyclopedia of Economics.
- Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume III: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (Karl Marx)
- Catalogue of the Guillaumin Librairie (1847) (Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin)
- Catalogue of the Guillaumin Librairie (1849) (Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin)
- Catalogue of the Guillaumin Librairie (May 1866) (Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin)
- Catalogue of the Félix Alcan and Guillaumin Librairies (August 1907) (Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin)
- The Challenge of Facts and other Essays (Albert Galloway Keller)
- The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy (John Elliot Cairnes)
- An Interview with Henry C. Clark (Henry C. Clark)
- The Coal Question (William Stanley Jevons)
- Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, in 33 vols. (John M. Robson)
- The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume II - The Principles of Political Economy I (John Stuart Mill)
- The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume III - Principles of Political Economy Part II (John Stuart Mill)
- The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume IV - Essays on Economics and Society Part I (John Stuart Mill)
- The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume V - Essays on Economics and Society Part II (Lionel Robbins)
- Introductions to the Robson Edition of the Collected Works of J.S. Mill (John Stuart Mill)
- The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon (Arthur Seldon)
- The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, vol. 1 - The Virtues of Capitalism (Arthur Seldon)
- The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, vol. 4 (Arthur Seldon)
- The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, vol. 5 - Government Failure and Over-Government (Arthur Seldon)
- The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, vol. 6 (Arthur Seldon)
- The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, vol. 7 - The IEA, the LSE, and the Influence of Ideas (Arthur Seldon)
- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan in 20 vols. (James M. Buchanan)
- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan. Vol. 2 Public Principles of Public Debt (James M. Buchanan)
- The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy (James M. Buchanan)
- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Vol. 4. Public Finance in Democratic Process (James M. Buchanan)