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Books like Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt is about unintended consequences, seen vs. unseen, free markets. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
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Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell · Economics
Thomas Sowell published the first edition of Basic Economics in 2000 and has since revised and expanded it through five editions.
Read the summary → - Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman · Economics
Free to Choose began as a ten-part television series on PBS in 1980, later expanded into the book Milton and Rose Friedman wrote together.
Read the summary → - The Wealth of Nations
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Adam Smith · Economics
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, is Adam Smith's comprehensive account of how modern commercial economies work and what policies promote prosperity.
Read the summary → - Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson · Economics
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that the fundamental difference between rich and poor countries is not geography, culture, or bad luck.
Read the summary → - 100 to 1 in the Stock Market
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Thomas Phelps · Economics
100 to 1 in the Stock Market, published in 1972 by Thomas Phelps, is a study of the conditions under which stocks return one hundred times an investor's original investment — and an argument that such stocks are more common and more identifiable in advance than most investors believe.
Read the summary → - A Random Walk Down Wall Street
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel · Economics
A Random Walk Down Wall Street is Burton Malkiel's argument that stock prices move in a way that is effectively unpredictable, that professional fund managers cannot consistently beat the market, and that the rational response for most investors is to buy and hold a diversified index fund.
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