Thread by @AlexAndBooks_, I asked, "What’s the BEST economics book you’ve read?"I received 250+ responses.Here [...]

I asked, "What’s the BEST economics book you’ve read?"

I received 250+ responses.

Here are 20 books that will help you better understand how the economy works:

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Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell https://amzn.to/35Q2UmR ">https://amzn.to/35Q2UmR&q...

Basic Economics

Basic Economics

https://amzn.to/35Q2UmR

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Freakonomics

by @StevenDLevitt & @Freakonomics https://amzn.to/3MEIiPb ">https://amzn.to/3MEIiPb&q...

Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition

Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition

https://amzn.to/3MEIiPb

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Economics in One Lesson

by Henry Hazlitt https://amzn.to/368jldX ">https://amzn.to/368jldX&q...

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

https://amzn.to/368jldX

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Poor Economics

by Esther Duflo & Abhijit Banerjee https://amzn.to/34utl0K ">https://amzn.to/34utl0K&q...

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

https://amzn.to/34utl0K

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The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith https://amzn.to/3IddGB3 ">https://amzn.to/3IddGB3&q...

The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)

The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics)

https://amzn.to/3IddGB3

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The Bitcoin Standard

by @saifedean https://amzn.to/3Kxabqr ">https://amzn.to/3Kxabqr&q...

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

https://amzn.to/3Kxabqr

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Economix

by Michael Goodwin https://amzn.to/3pVSQj0 ">https://amzn.to/3pVSQj0&q...

Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures: How and Why Our...

Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work) in Words and Pictures

https://amzn.to/3pVSQj0

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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

by @RayDalio https://amzn.to/3J2yMmM ">https://amzn.to/3J2yMmM&q...

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

https://amzn.to/3J2yMmM

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Naked Economics

by @CharlesWheelan https://amzn.to/3IZYqs5 ">https://amzn.to/3IZYqs5&q...

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)

https://amzn.to/3IZYqs5

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The Deficit Myth

by @StephanieKelton https://amzn.to/3pQ5iAU ">https://amzn.to/3pQ5iAU&q...

The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

https://amzn.to/3pQ5iAU

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Why Nations Fail

by @DrDaronAcemoglu & @WhyNationsFail https://amzn.to/3IZWkbV ">https://amzn.to/3IZWkbV&q...

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

https://amzn.to/3IZWkbV

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Misbehaving

by @R_Thaler https://amzn.to/3I004J8 ">https://amzn.to/3I004J8&q...

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

https://amzn.to/3I004J8

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The Psychology of Money

by @morganhousel https://amzn.to/3sXksq6 ">https://amzn.to/3sXksq6&q...

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

https://amzn.to/3sXksq6

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Talking To My Daughter About The Economy

by @yanisvaroufakis https://amzn.to/3sXkiPw ">https://amzn.to/3sXkiPw&q...

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works--and How It Fails

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works--and How It Fails

https://amzn.to/3sXkiPw

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Good Economics for Hard Times

by Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo https://amzn.to/3vWnjBA ">https://amzn.to/3vWnjBA&q...

Good Economics for Hard Times

Good Economics for Hard Times

https://amzn.to/3vWnjBA

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Doughnut Economics

by @KateRaworth https://amzn.to/3tKNN6m ">https://amzn.to/3tKNN6m&q...

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

https://amzn.to/3tKNN6m

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The Origin of Financial Crises

by George Cooper https://amzn.to/34uU6SL ">https://amzn.to/34uU6SL&q...

The Origin of Financial Crises

The Origin of Financial Crises

https://amzn.to/34uU6SL

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The Mystery of Capital

by Hernando De Soto https://amzn.to/35Nkp7t ">https://amzn.to/35Nkp7t&q...

The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

https://amzn.to/35Nkp7t

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The Economists& #39; Hour

by @BCAppelbaum https://amzn.to/35NknMT ">https://amzn.to/35NknMT&q...

The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

https://amzn.to/35NknMT

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The Great Depression

by Benjamin Roth https://amzn.to/3MEbG82 ">https://amzn.to/3MEbG82&q...

The Great Depression: A Diary

The Great Depression: A Diary

https://amzn.to/3MEbG82

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