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Economics reading list: Oxford, New College (PPE)

Oxford, New College (PPE) lists 7 books for students about to start the course in Economics. The list starts with The Undercover Economist by T Harford, Poor Economics by A Banarjee and E Duflo and Thinking Strategically by A Dixit and B Nalebuff. None of its books appear on the other lists we collected.

Source

Reading List for Entrants to PPE (Economics section) (University of Oxford), PDF. www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-09/PPE%20New%20College%20freshers%20Reading%20List_2025.pdf

Retrieved 3 October 2026. Check the source for the current year's version.

The 7 books

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  1. 1.
    The Undercover Economist
    T Harford
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  2. 2.
    Poor Economics
    A Banarjee and E Duflo
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  3. 3.
    Thinking Strategically
    A Dixit and B Nalebuff
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  4. 4.
    Misbehaving
    R Thaler
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  5. 5.
    Mathematics for Economics and Business
    I Jacques
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  6. 6.
    Mathematics for Innumerate Economists
    G Kennedy
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  7. 7.
    An Introduction to a Mathematical Treatment of Economics
    G Archibald and R Lipsey
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How this list was made

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