Economics
Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery
Paperback
"What The Double Helix did for biology, David Warsh's Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations does for economics." —Boston Globe
Micromotives and Macrobehavior
Paperback
Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics.
Making Globalization Work
Hardback
“A damning denunciation of things as they are, and a platform for how we can do better.”—Andrew Leonard, Salon
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
Paperback
“A swift and brilliant synthesis of finance, politics, and history.”—Ben Sisario, New York Times Book Review
Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
Paperback
How human demands are outstripping the earth's capacities—and what we need to do about it.