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Economics for Beginners
Lara Bryan and Andrew Prentice

"With bright, infographics pictures, this informative book describes why markets are so important, how businesses work out what to sell, and how governments choose how to run a country."

2.

How to Teach Economics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction
Rebecca Campbell and Anthony McGowan

"Over the course of seventeen walks, Dr Rebecca Campbell chews over economic concepts and investigates how they apply to our lives – people and mutts alike. There are no graphs, no charts (Monty can’t read them) and definitely no calculus! ... Along the way we meet some of the great thinkers from Adam Smith to Thomas Piketty, and ponder questions such as: What on earth does quantitative easing mean? And why are some countries so much richer than others?"

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Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality
Angus Deaton

"Economics in America explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system—and narrates Deaton’s account of his experiences as a naturalized US citizen and academic economist."

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Growth: A History and a Reckoning
Daniel Susskind

"Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from the struggle for subsistence and made our lives far healthier and longer. Yet prosperity has come at a price: environmental destruction, desolation of local cultures, the rise of vast inequalities and destabilizing technologies. Faced with such damage, many now claim that the only way forward is through “degrowth,” deliberately shrinking our economic footprint. Instead, Daniel Susskind argues, we must keep growth but redirect it, making it better reflect what we truly value."

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The Trading Game: A Confession
Gary Stevenson

"A “vivid” (Financial Times) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a “darkly funny” (Guardian) tale of Citibank’s one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up."

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How to Money: Your Ultimate Visual Guide to the Basics of Finance
Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and the HerMoney team

"There’s no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life ― but most of us don’t! This full-color, illustrated guidebook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and their team at HerMoney breaks down the basics of money―how to earn it, manage it, and use it―giving you all the tools you need to take charge and be fearless with personal finance."

Twice a year we offer a workshop called 6 Econ Books in 60 Minutes. Above are our May 2025 selections. Looking for more reading ideas? Here's a list of all books featured in past workshops.