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Classic  Works  on  Economics
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	"The Theory of Moral Sentiments" [1759 classic] by Adam Smith [1723-90] Kindle Edition from Uplifting Publns [10/2009] for 99¢ 2010 pb edition: edited by Ryan Patrick Hanley, Introduction by Amartya Sen Penguin 7¾x5 pb [1/2010] for $9.93 Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [8/2007] for $39.95 Gateway Editions 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/99] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia
	"An Inquiry Into The Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations" [1776 classic] by Adam Smith [1723-90] "Still the best account of the foundations of market economics." — Adam Gopnik, in 2010 Kindle Edition from Delhi Open Books [2/2021] for 95¢ Bantam Classics mass pb [3/2003] for $7.99 Digireads 8¾x6 pb [2009] for $14.35 Modern Library 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/94] for $12.79 book entry at Wikipedia
	"A Treatise On Political Economy" [1803 classic] by Jean-Baptiste Say original title: "Traité d'Économie Politique ou Simple Exposition de La Manière dont se Forment, se Distribuent, et se Composent Les Richesses" Nabu Press 9¾x7½ pb [2/2010] for $29.45 General Books LLC facsimile 1841 Edition 9x6 pb [12/2009] for $16.95 Jean-Baptiste Say [1767-1832] entry at Wikipedia
	"Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" [1817 classic] by David Ricardo [1772-1823] Kindle Edition from Old Classics [8/2009] for $0.99 {sic} Dover 8x5¼ pb [6/2004] for $9.95 Prometheus 8½x5½ pb [11/96] for $11.20 eLibron facsimile of 1908 edition Adamant Media pb [8/2006] for $29.99
	"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds" [1841 classic] by Charles Mackay [1814-89] Besides looking at too-frequent financial bubbles & schemes, the book covers alchemy, the Crusades, witchery, haunted houses, fashions, fortune-telling and other mass phenomena. Three Rivers Press 9x6 pb [7/95] for $10.85 Prometheus Books 8½x5½ pb [5/2001] for $20.00 Harriman House 7½x4½ hardcover [12/2003] for $12.91
	"Principles of Economics" [1871 classic] by Carl Menger [1840-1921] Libertarian Press 9½x6½ pb [12/94] for $19.94 at Amazon NY Univ Press hardcover [4/81] out of print/used at Amazon infosite at George Mason University
	"Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry Into The Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth - The Remedy" [1879 classic] by Henry George [1839-97] Very popular in its time, and still revered by flat-tax advocates; but the essence of the Single Tax On Land is false, in that landowners will always shift the burden of that tax to tenants. BiblioLife 9¾x7½ pb [4/2010] for $34.01 Nabu Press/BiblioBazaar 9¾x7½ pb [4/2010] for $44.75 BiblioLife 10x7 hardcover [4/2010] for $44.99 book entry at Wikipedia • official book site & online text
	"The Gospel of Wealth" and Other Writings [1889 classic] by industrialist Andrew Carnegie [1835-1919] Penguin 7½x5 pb [9/2006] for $8.50
	"Wealth Against Commonwealth" [1894 classic] by muckraker Henry Demarest Lloyd [1847-1903] Greenwood Press hardcover [3/76] for $45.00 Reprint Services hardcover [11/99] for $126.99
	"The Theory of The Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions" [1899 classic] by Thorstein B. Veblen [1857-1929] Dover Thrift 8x5 pb [6/94] for $2.25 Career Tapes multi-cassette audio [6/87] for $80.00 online text of 'Theory of the Leisure Class' at University of Virginia 1911 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive
	"The Coming Battle: A Complete History of The National Banking Power In The United States" [W.B. Conkey Co. 1899] by M.W. (Martin Wetzel) Walbert Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [5/2017] for $14.91 indep 9x6 facsimile pb [2013] for $14.98 Walter Publng hardcover [1997] out of print/used original 1899 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive scanned 1899 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive
	"The Philosophy of Money" [1900 classic] by Georg Simmel [1858-1918]; edited by David Frisby; translated by Tom Bottomore & David Frisby Routledge 9¼x7 3rd edition pb [5/2004] for $41.95 Routledge 9½x6¼ 3rd ed hardcover [5/2004] for $145.00
	"The Octopus: A Story of California" [1901 novel] by Frank Norris [1870-1902] The classic historical novel of the decade-long ruthless & bloody battle between the railroad monopoly and the outmatched farmers of California. Dover 5¼x8 pb [12/2003] for $8.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/94] for $14.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [10/86] out of print/used Indypublish 6x9 hardcover [9/2002] for $22.99 Bentley hardcover [6/71] out of print/used
	"The Pit: A Story of Chicago" [1903] by Frank Norris [1870-1902] Love vs. speculation on the Chicago commodities market; "...as topical as the internet bubble"; "... shows that greed has always been the driving force in our American economy." Kessinger 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $31.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/94] out of print/many used North Books 8x5½ hardcover [1/2003] for $26.99 Robert Bentley 8½x6 hardcover [6/71] out of print/used
	"The Money Changers" [1908] by Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] A novel about the Wall Street Panic of 1907, a financial disaster brought on deliberately by powerful banking barons intent upon the ruin of their rivals. Kindle Edition from Public Domain Books [6/2004 edition] for FREE! Dodo Press 8¾x5¾ pb [10/2007] for $1.50 {sic} Aegypan 9x6 hardcover [9/2006] for $24.95
	"The Theory of Money and Credit" [1912 classic] by Ludwig von Mises, translation by H.E. Batson "The best book on money ever written." — Murray Rothbard CreateSpace 9¾x8 pb [5/2009] for $11.99 Liberty Fund 9x6 pb [6/80] for $7.50 Liberty Fund 9½x6½ hardcover [6/81] for $24.00
	"The Financier" [1912 novel] by Theodore Dreiser [1871-1945] The first of a trilogy about ambitious Frank Cowperwood (based on the flamboyant life of C.T. Yerkes). His fortunes rise and fall in Philadelphia society, from the U.S. Civil War to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when his stock empire falls apart due to shady dealings and romantic scandal; he serves time in prison, and heads for Chicago to play the grain market. Plume 8x5¼ pb [11/67] for $12.48
	"The Titan" [1914 sequel to "The Financier"] by Theodore Dreiser Frank Cowperwood enters the financial world of Chicago with letters of introduction that fail to mention his criminal past. BiblioBazaar 8x5 pb [3/2007] for $18.99 hardcover [12/2007] for $27.50 "The Stoic" [1947 posthumous sequel to "The Titan"] by Dreiser Signet pb [11/81] out of print/rare
	"Other People's Money and How The Bankers Use It" [1914 classic] by Louis D. Brandeis CreateSpace 9x6 pb [2/2009] for $7.25 Cosimo Classics 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2009] for $25.99 out of print/used
	"Reminiscences of A Stock Operator" [1923] by Edwin Lefèvre [1873-1941], Foreword by Roger Lowenstein Wiley Classics 8½x5½ pb [1/2006] for $13.57 Illustrated Edition: Foreword by William J. O'Neil Wiley Classics 11x8½ hardcover [9/2004] for $19.77
	"Caught Short! A Saga of Wailing Wall Street" [1929] by Eddie Cantor Entertainer Cantor lost multi-millions in the 1929 crash, then built up his net worth by writing several books of humorous stories and cartoons of his financial struggles, ghost written by David Freedman. American Mercury Magazine editor H.L. Mencken asserted that Cantor's books did more to pull America out of the Great Depression than all government measures combined. Kessinger Publng 11x8¼ pb [5/2003] out of print/scarce Simon & Schuster hardcover [1929] out of print/used
	"Yoo-Hoo, Prosperity!: The Eddie Cantor Five-Year Plan" [1931] by Eddie Cantor & David Freeman The second of Cantor & Freeman's humorous and uplifting books on the Great Depression Fraser Publng Co. 7x5 pb [11/92] out of print/used Simon & Schuster 9x6½ hardcover [1931] out of print/used "Caught Short!" and "Yoo-Hoo, Prosperity!" in one volume [1969] Greenwood Press hardcover [1969] out of print/SOLD OUT!
	"The Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists, 1861-1901" [1934 classic] by Matthew Josephson The classic study of American capitalists who boldly seized economic power in America after the Civil War, featuring Carnegie, Frick, Gould, Morgan, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and others. Harcourt 8x5½ pb [6/62] for $12.75 Amereon 8¾x5¾ hardcover [6/40] for $34.95
	"The General Theory of Employment, Interest & Money" [1936 classic] by John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] Prometheus 8½x5½ pb [5/97] for $11.20 Royal Economic Society hardcover [4/78] out of print/used
	"The Folklore of Capitalism" [1937 classic] by Thurman W. Arnold Beard Group 8x5 pb [12/2000] for $34.95 Greenwood hardcover [6/80] out of print/used
	"Many Happy Returns: An Unofficial Guide To Your Income Tax Problems" [1942] by Groucho Marx, TPLB; Illustrated by Otto Soglow {the TPLB abbreviation on the cover stands for 'Tax Payer, Lower Brackets'} Simon & Schuster 7¼x5½ hardcover [1942] out of print/scarce
	"This Rich World: The Story of Money" [R.M. McBride & Co. 1943] by Constance Jackson Foster, Illustrated by Crockett Johnson Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 pb [10/2012] for $27.95 Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 hardcover [10/2012] for $42.95
	"The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time" [1944] by Dr. Karl Polanyi Kindle Edition from Beacon Press [2001 edition] for $18.99 Beacon Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2001] for $23.71 Beacon Press 8x5½ pb [6/80] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia
	"The Road To Serfdom" [1944 classic] by F.A. Hayek "Morally & philosophically, I find myself in agreement with the whole of [Hayek's "Road To Serfdom"]." — John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] Univ of Chicago Press 8x5 pb [9/94] for $9.48 Univ of Chicago Press hardcover [9/94] for $19.25 Blackstone UNABR audio [8/97] for $49.95
	"Economics" [1948 classic] by Paul A. Samuelson 800-page 18th edition, co-authored by William D. Nordhaus McGraw-Hill/Irwin 10¼x8 hardcover [7/2004] for $123.75 !! 1948 original McGraw-Hill/Irwinhardcover [12/97] out of print/used
	"Human Action: A Treatise On Economics" [900-page 1949 classic] by Ludwig von Mises "Ought to be on the bookshelf of every thinking man." — Wall Street Journal Fox & Wilkes 9¼x6¼ pb [1/97] for $24.95 Ludwig von Mises Institute hardcover [12/98] for $65.00
	"The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing" [orig 1949; rev 2003] by Benjamin Graham [1894-1976]; updated with new commentary by Jason Zweig; Preface & Appendix by Warren E. Buffett HarperBusiness Essentials pb [2/2006] for $13.57
	"The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times & Ideas of The Great Economic Thinkers" [1953 classic] by Robert L. Heilbroner editions since 1999 include additional chapter "The End of Worldly Philosophy" Kindle Edition from S&S/Touchstone [1/2011 edition] for $13.99 Touchstone 8½x5½ pb [7th edition 8/99] for $11.20 S&S hardcover [6th edition 6/99] out of print/used S&S hardcover [4th edition 9/72] out of print/used Touchstone pb [4th edition 9/72] out of print/many used
	"Teachings From The Worldly Philosophy" [1996 sequel] by Robert L. Heilbroner W.W. Norton 8x5.4 pb [8/97] for $10.85 W.W. Norton hardcover [4/96] for $27.50
	"The Affluent Society: 40th Anniversary Edition" [1958 classic] by John Kenneth Galbraith [1908-2006] Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [10/98] for $10.40
	"The Wretched of The Earth" [1961 classic] by Frantz Fanon; translation by Constance Farrington A handbook for revolution against colonialism. "Have the courage to read this book." — Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80] Grove Press 8.2x5¼ pb [4/86] for $9.60
	"The Other America: Poverty In The United States" [1962 classic] by Michael Harrington Scribner 8½x5½ pb [8/97] for $13.00 Collier pb [1/94] out of print/many used MacMillan hardcover [6/70] out of print/used
	"Monetary History of The United States, 1867-1960" [1963 classic] by Milton Friedman & Anna Jacobson Schwartz Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6½ pb [11/71] for $36.23 Princeton Univ Press hardcover [6/63] out of print/used expanded version of Chapter 7: "The Great Contraction" [1964] Princeton Univ Press pb [6/64] out of print/used
	"Capitalism and Freedom" [1962 classic] by Milton Friedman Univ of Chicago Press 8x5¼ pb [6/72] out of print/used Univ of Chicago Press pb [11/2002] for $13.00 Univ of Chicago Press hardcover [11/2002] for $45.00 Blackstone UNABR audio [12/93] 5 tapes for $27.97 CareerTapes audio [6/89] for $60.00 online text of Preface (1982)
	"Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" [1967 classic] by Ayn Rand [1905-82] N.A.L. pb [8/84] for $6.39 Blackstone UNABR audio [11/2000] for $69.95 Blackstone audio CD [11/2000] for $96.00
	"The Great Depression and American Capitalism" [1968] Edited with an Introduction by Robert F. Himmelberg D.C. Heath & Co. pb [1968] out of print/scarce
	"The Rich & The Super Rich: A Study In The Power of Money Today" [1968] by Ferdinand Lundberg Lyle Stuart 6¼x9¼ pb [8/88] out of print/used Lyle Stuart hardcover [6/68] out of print/used
	"The Economy of Cities" [1969 classic] by Jane Jacobs Vintage pb [2/77] for $11.20 Random House hardcover [1/69] out of print/used
	"Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From The World of Wall Street" [1969] by John Brooks Kindle Edition from Open Road Media [7/2014] for $9.99 Open Road Media pb [DUE Sept 2014] for $10.19 When they first met in 1991, Bill Gates (then 36) asked Warren Buffett (then 61) to recommend a good book about business; 'without hesitation', Warren promised to send Bill his personal copy of this book; since Bill's recent hype of the book, old copies are sold out, with a paperbound reissue due in September.
	"The Mouse On Wall Street: Another Mad Irresistible Story About The Little Duchy That Shook Mighty America With Laughter!" [1969] by Leonard Wibberley [1915-83] After the success of their invasion of the United States, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick is awash with money. Too much money causes inflation, so the ministers decide to lose money on the New York stock market . . . Bantam mass pb [1/71] out of print/scarce Wm. Morrow hardcover [9/69] out of print/used
	"Ten Cents On The Dollar: or, The Bankruptcy Game" [1973 classic] by Sidney Rutberg Beard Books 8x5 pb [1999] for $34.95
	"A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy For Successful Investing" [1973 classic, 8th edition 2003] by Burton G. Malkiel recommended by John C. Bogle in August 2005 Time Magazine interview W.W. Norton 8½x5½ pb [1/2004] for $12.21 W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2003] for $19.77 publisher bookpage
	"Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises" [1978 classic] by Charles P. Kindleberger & Robert Aliber "has long been the best history of financial pathologies" Wiley & Sons 5th edition 8¾x6 pb [10/2005] for $13.57
	"Essentials of Economics: Principles & Policy" [1979 classic] by William J. Baumol & Alan S. Blinder 10th edition textbook includes access to InfoTrac® software South-Western College Publng 11x8½ hardcover [6/2005] for $135.48 Prof. Baumol at Wikipedia Prof. Blinder at Wikipedia

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Periodicals  on  Economics  &  Business

Business Ethics Report Magazine subscribe at Amazon 4 issues/year for $64.04 magazine website	Black Enterprise Magazine subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $17.95 magazine website	International Economy Magazine subscribe at Amazon 4 issues/year for $87.84 magazine website	Entrepreneur Magazine [est. 1979] subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $11.97 magazine website entry at Wikipedia
Smart Money Magazine subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $12.00 magazine website	Robb Report Worth Magazine subscribe at Amazon 12 issues/year for $54.95 magazine website	Money Magazine auto-renewal subscription at Amazon 12 issues/year for $14.95 Kindle Edition subscription at Amazon 12 issues/year for $14.99 magazine website	Dollars and Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice magazine website entry at Wikipedia

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Other  Media

The Economics Film Festival kept growing, and was cut to its own page in December 2010.
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. . . and there are more movies on management, Wall Street, the Corporate Wars, and the G.O.P. Meltdown
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"The War of Wealth" Broadway stageplay [Feb 1896-??] Written by Charles T. Dazey [1855–1938], starring Malcolm Williams bare credits at Internet Broadway Database "The War of Wealth" silent short [General Film Co. Sept 1914] PROBABLY: short film based on Dazey's stageplay; POSSIBLY: directed by D.W. Griffith; short film produced by Biograph starring Linda Arvidson {Griffith's first wife}, Charles Perley, Clara T. Bracy, Jack Brammall, William J. Butler, Robert Drouet, Alfred Paget & George C. Pearce; three reels ran roughly 30 minutes print status unknown • bare credits at IMDb

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'Dummies' & 'Idiots'  Books  Series

	"The Economics Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)" [2012] from the Editors of D.K. Publishing D.K. Adult 9½x8 hardcover [8/2012] for $15.99
	"Personal Finance For Dummies" [1994] by Eric Tyson For Dummies 9¼x7.4 pb [4th edition 7/2003] for $15.39 Harper ABR audio CD [12/99] for $14.00 ABR audio [3/96] for $10.36
	"Investing For Dummies" [1996] by Eric Tyson For Dummies 9¼x7.4 pb [3rd edition 11/2002] for $15.39 Harper audio CD [12/99] for $14.00 Harper ABR audio [2/97] out of stock/used
	"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Finance & Accounting" [1997] by Michael Muckian Alpha Books 9x7¼ pb [9/97] for $11.87 Alpha Books M/S Reader ebook [2/2003] for $16.95
	"Mutual Funds For Dummies" [1998] by Eric Tyson For Dummies 9¼x7½ pb [3rd edition 3/2001] for $15.39
	"Investing Online For Dummies" [1998] by Kathleen Sindell For Dummies 9¼x7½ pb [4th edition 7/2002] for $17.49
	"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Savvy Investing" [1999] by Edward T. Koch & Debra DeSalvo Alpha Books 9x7¼ pb [2/2003] for $13.27
	"Stock Investing For Dummies" [2002] by Paul Mladjenovic For Dummies 9¼x7½ pb [6/2002] for $15.39
	"The Complete Idiot's Guide To The Federal Reserve" [2003] by Preston Martin & Lita Epstein Alpha Books 9x7½ pb [3/2003] for $12.89
	"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Economics" [2003] by Tom Gorman Alpha 9x7½ pb [7/2003] for $12.89
	"Economics For Dummies" [2005] by Sean Flynn For Dummies pb [1/2005] for $14.95

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