While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Economic Philosophy books.
- Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: An Anthology (2015)
- Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy (2016)
- Economics: The Basics (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Economics) (2011)
- The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto (Great Books in Philosophy) (1988)
- Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics (2007)
- On Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Wadsworth Philosophical Topics) (2007)
- Microeconomics (Book Only) (Available Titles CourseMate) (2010)
- Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and Public Policy (2006)
- The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (Oxford Handbooks) (2017)
- Introducing a New Economics: Pluralist, Sustainable and Progressive (2015)
- The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (2018)
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: An Anthology (2015)
The only book on the market to include classical and contemporary readings from key authors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), this unique anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the central topics in this rapidly expanding field. Each chapter opens with an introduction that helps students understand the central arguments and key concepts in the readings.
Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy (2016)
This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists’ analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores the idea of rationality and its connections to ethics, arguing that when they defend their formal model of rationality, most economists implicitly espouse contestable moral principles.
Economics: The Basics (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Economics) (2011)
Mandel’s Economics: The Basics combines the traditional news values of immediacy and impact with a layer of educational explanation to provide a window into what’s happening in the current economy.
The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto (Great Books in Philosophy) (1988)
Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential Communist Manifesto (1848), enjoyed an international audience.
Hunting Causes and Using Them: Approaches in Philosophy and Economics (2007)
Hunting Causes and Using Them argues that causation is not one thing, as commonly assumed, but many. There is a huge variety of causal relations, each with different characterizing features, different methods for discovery and different uses to which it can be put.
On Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Wadsworth Philosophical Topics) (2007)
On Philosophy, Politics and Economics is an introductory text covering the basics of instrumental rationality, utility theory, game theory, axiomatic social choice theory and public choice theory. It is ideally suited to introductory courses on political economy and ppe programs, as well as advanced undergraduate social and political philosophy courses. The presentation is non-mathematical.
Microeconomics (Book Only) (Available Titles CourseMate) (2010)
This engaging text continues to set the standard for clear, balanced, and thorough coverage of the principles of economics. Packed with intriguing pop culture examples, the Tenth Edition is revised to include the most comprehensive coverage of the financial and economic crisis available in a principles of economics text. With new content reflecting a changing economy and new resources addressing the needs of a changing classroom, MICROECONOMICS, 10e is an ideal solution for principles courses.
Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and Public Policy (2006)
This 2006 book shows through accessible argument and numerous examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists’ analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores rationality and its connections to morality.
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (Oxford Handbooks) (2017)
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is a cutting-edge reference work to philosophical issues in the practice of economics. It is motivated by the view that there is more to economics than general equilibrium theory, and that the philosophy of economics should reflect the diversity of activities and topics that currently occupy economists.
Introducing a New Economics: Pluralist, Sustainable and Progressive (2015)
Students and lecturers worldwide increasingly reject the narrow curricula and lack of intellectual diversity that characterize mainstream economics. They demand that the real world should be brought back into the classroom in order to most effectively confront current crises. Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds this revolution in the teaching of economics.
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (2018)
From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to the top economic thought leaders of today, The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work. Easy-to-follow graphics, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text throw light on the applications of economics, making them relatable through everyday examples and conce…
Best Economic Philosophy Books You Must Read
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From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back: Parallels and Crossings between Economics and Evolution
Author(s): Jean-Baptiste André, Mikael Cozic, Silvia De Monte, Jean Gayon, Philippe Huneman, Johannes Martens, Bernard Walliser
ID: 3603707, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 2 Mb, Format: pdf
Teaching and Research Methods for Islamic Economics and Finance
Author(s): Mohd Ma'Sum Billah (editor)
ID: 3222240, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Author(s): C. M. Melenovsky (editor)
ID: 3272248, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 11 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are truly best-sellers according to Washington Post, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.