Important reading will be marked with a *

MACROECONOMICS:
-David Hume, Of Money, 1759. Monetary policy begins properly with Hume, and it should offer a perspective on historical macroeconomics.

Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776. The first proper codification of classical economics. A bit antiquated, and tough to read through, but rewarding if you're willing to put the effort in.

Knut Wicksell, Lectures on Political Economy, 1908.

Irving Fisher, The Money Illusion, 1927.

Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz, A Monetary History of the United States, 1962.

*Milton Friedman, The Role of Monetary Policy, 1968. Gives a nice, fairly readable account of the responsibilities of monetary policy. Take it with a grain of salt, however, Friedman's policy recommendations concerning monetary policy have been largely discredited since the 1990s.

*Bob Lucas, Understanding Business Cycles, 1977. A nice, non-technical paper from a New Classical perspective.

Angus Deaton, The Great Escape, 2013. A good introduction to economic growth.

*Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, 2014. Deals with business cycles.

Todd Knoop, Recession and Depressions, 2010. A more technical look at aforementioned business cycles.

*BEA, Measuring the Economy: A Primer on GDP, 2014.

*Martin Eichenbaum, Some Thoughts on Practical Stabilisation Policy, 1997.

Galbraith, The New Industrial State, 1967.

David Romer, What Have we Learned About Fiscal Policy Since the Crisis?, 2011.

Lars Svensson, What Have Economists Learned About Monetary Policy Over the Past Fifty Years?, 2007.

Frederic Mishkin, Monetary Policy Strategy: Lessons From the Crisis, 2009.

*Frederic Mishkin, Is Monetary Policy Effective During Financial Crises?, 2009. A very nice, short paper for those who want to know about contemporary monetary policy and their role during crises.

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS:
Bob Lucas, In Defence of the Dismal Science, 2009.

Paul Krugman, How did Economists get it so Wrong?, 2009.

John Cochrane, How did Paul Krugman get it so Wrong?, 2009.

*Alan Greenspan, The Crisis, 2010.

EAST ASIA:
Ben Bernanke, Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?, 1999.

Paul Krugman, The Myth of Asia's Miracle, 1994.

RUSSIA:
Oppenheimer, Russia's Post-Communist Economy, 2001.

INDIA:
Roy, Economic History and Modern India, 2002.

AFRICA:
Paul Collier, Why has Africa Grown so Slowly?, 1999.

EUROPE:
MA Wynne, The European System of Central Banks, 1999.

Cool. Will start checking the local public library first, then the college library and finally amazon.

A couple of those are online pdfs, do a google search first of all.

Quote from: challengerX on July 12, 2015, 07:48:03 AM

Quote from: Flee on July 12, 2015, 04:18:39 AM

The one that I had to use for my economics courses was pretty good, but I'm pretty sure it's only in Dutch.

I prefer ketchup myself.

Absolutely disgusting.

I instantly unliked because I understood how he could turn the tables on you.

You've set yourself up. wp no re

like sociology or art.

This is the only part of that post that made me mad.

Important reading will be marked with a *

MACROECONOMICS:
-David Hume, Of Money, 1759. Monetary policy begins properly with Hume, and it should offer a perspective on historical macroeconomics.

Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776. The first proper codification of classical economics. A bit antiquated, and tough to read through, but rewarding if you're willing to put the effort in.

Knut Wicksell, Lectures on Political Economy, 1908.

Irving Fisher, The Money Illusion, 1927.

Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz, A Monetary History of the United States, 1962.

*Milton Friedman, The Role of Monetary Policy, 1968. Gives a nice, fairly readable account of the responsibilities of monetary policy. Take it with a grain of salt, however, Friedman's policy recommendations concerning monetary policy have been largely discredited since the 1990s.

*Bob Lucas, Understanding Business Cycles, 1977. A nice, non-technical paper from a New Classical perspective.

Angus Deaton, The Great Escape, 2013. A good introduction to economic growth.

*Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, 2014. Deals with business cycles.

Todd Knoop, Recession and Depressions, 2010. A more technical look at aforementioned business cycles.

*BEA, Measuring the Economy: A Primer on GDP, 2014.

*Martin Eichenbaum, Some Thoughts on Practical Stabilisation Policy, 1997.

Galbraith, The New Industrial State, 1967.

David Romer, What Have we Learned About Fiscal Policy Since the Crisis?, 2011.

Lars Svensson, What Have Economists Learned About Monetary Policy Over the Past Fifty Years?, 2007.

Frederic Mishkin, Monetary Policy Strategy: Lessons From the Crisis, 2009.

*Frederic Mishkin, Is Monetary Policy Effective During Financial Crises?, 2009. A very nice, short paper for those who want to know about contemporary monetary policy and their role during crises.

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS:
Bob Lucas, In Defence of the Dismal Science, 2009.

Paul Krugman, How did Economists get it so Wrong?, 2009.

John Cochrane, How did Paul Krugman get it so Wrong?, 2009.

*Alan Greenspan, The Crisis, 2010.

EAST ASIA:
Ben Bernanke, Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?, 1999.

Paul Krugman, The Myth of Asia's Miracle, 1994.

RUSSIA:
Oppenheimer, Russia's Post-Communist Economy, 2001.

INDIA:
Roy, Economic History and Modern India, 2002.

AFRICA:
Paul Collier, Why has Africa Grown so Slowly?, 1999.

EUROPE:
MA Wynne, The European System of Central Banks, 1999.

http://icm.clsbe.lisboa.ucp.pt/docentes/url/jcn/mabes/LucasUnderstanding.pdf
Is this the one for Bob Lucas. Seems like the author is Robert Lucas. Or is it something else?