• The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property by Rafe Blaufarb
  • The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Gold and Freedom: The Political Economy of Reconstruction by Nicolas Barreyre
  • The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 by Frederick Cooper
  • The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas B. Dirks
  • The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950 by Or Rosenboim

The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty

Throughout history, social and economic inequalities have been fueled and justified by different ideologies. French economist Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital and Ideology, looks at the advent and fall of these ideologies, and how they could evolve in the future. He recommends five great books to better understand these complex and always-evolving ideas, and their consequences for the world.

  • The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List - Free Trade Under Fire by Douglas A Irwin
  • The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List - A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 by Anna Schwartz & Milton Friedman
  • The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List - The Liquidation of Government Debt (Economic Policy, Volume 30, Issue 82, April 2015) by Carmen Reinhart & M. Belen Sbrancia
  • The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List - The Great Reversal: How America Gave up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon
  • The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List - Hard Head, Soft Hearts: Tough-minded Economics for a Just Society by Alan S Blinder

The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List, recommended by Ricardo Reis

As we deal with the economic fallout of coronavirus, what lessons can economic theory and economic history teach us as we navigate the months ahead? Ricardo Reis, professor of economics at the London School of Economics—and consultant to both the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve—recommends four books and one article to help us think through the economic challenges posed by Covid-19.

  • The best books on The Great Divergence - The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia by E L Jones
  • The best books on The Great Divergence - The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy by Kenneth Pomeranz
  • The best books on The Great Divergence - The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress by Joel Mokyr
  • The best books on The Great Divergence - Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
  • The best books on The Great Divergence - How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth by Jared Rubin & Mark Koyama

The best books on The Great Divergence, recommended by Davis Kedrosky

After a slow start, why did northwest Europe move ahead of the rest of the world in the early modern period and establish an economic dominance whose effects are felt to this day? Davis Kedrosky, a student at Berkeley and publisher of the economic history newsletter, Great Transformations, introduces ‘the Great Divergence’ and suggests some books that get to the heart of the question.