Economics reading list: Cambridge, Faculty of Economics
Cambridge, Faculty of Economics lists 37 books for students about to start the course in Economics. The list starts with Economics: A Very Short Introduction by Dasgupta, P., Economics: A User's Guide by Chang, H-J. and Economics by Begg, D K H, S Fischer and R Dornbusch. 6 of the books also appear on other Oxford and Cambridge lists we collected.
Faculty of Economics: Preliminary Part I Reading List (University of Cambridge), PDF. www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/assets/prospective-students/Economics%20reading%20list.pdf
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The 37 books
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- 7.Intermediate MicroeconomicsVarian, H
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- 15.Essential Mathematics for Economic AnalysisSydsaeter, K and P Hammond
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- 18.An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and its ApplicationsLarsen, R J and M L Marx
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- 22.The New Labour Experiment Change and Reform Under Blair and BrownFaucher-King, F. and P. Le Gales
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- 25.Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and PovertyAcemoglu, Daron, and James Robinson
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- 27.Cambridge Economic History of Modern BritainFloud, R., Humphries, J. & Johnson, P.
- 28.Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back. British economic growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial CrisisNicholas Crafts
- 29.Themes in macroeconomic history: the UK economy 1919-1939Solomos Solomou
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- 36.The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Are Some So Rich and Others So Poor?Landes, D S
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Other Economics lists
- Cambridge, Downing College · 8 books
- Oxford, New College (PPE) · 7 books
How this list was made
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