I have written in the past about the freshman seminar I run at Harvard. I am teaching it again this fall, and I thought my blog readers might be interested in my current reading list. I always mix it up a bit to keep it fresh and, to be frank, more fun for me. Here it is:
The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner
Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman
Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, by Arthur Okun
The Haves and the Have-nots, by Branko Milanovic
The Wisdom of Finance, by Mihir Desai
Open: The Progressive Case For Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital, by Kimberly Clausing
Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care, by Uwe E. Reinhardt
The Wealth of Religions, by Robert Barro and Rachel McCleary
Scarcity, by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
Phishing for Phools, by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan