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Last updated: May 26, 2025

    The best books on Rethinking Economics, recommended by Kate Raworth

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    The best books on Rethinking Economics - Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff

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    Metaphors We Live By
    by George Lakoff

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    The best books on Rethinking Economics - Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

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    Thinking in Systems
    by Donella Meadows

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    The best books on Rethinking Economics - Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough

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    Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
    by Michael Braungart and William McDonough

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    The best books on Rethinking Economics - Think Like a Commoner by David Bollier

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    Think Like a Commoner
    by David Bollier

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    The best books on Rethinking Economics - Owning the Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution by Marjorie Kelly

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    Owning the Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution
    by Marjorie Kelly

  • Economic orthodoxy in no way equips for the challenges of the 21st century, the 'renegade economist' Kate Raworth tells Five Books. It's time to rethink basic concepts and paradigms, and redraw the boundaries.

  • The best books on Rethinking Economics - Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
  • The best books on Rethinking Economics - Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows
  • The best books on Rethinking Economics - Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough
  • The best books on Rethinking Economics - Think Like a Commoner by David Bollier
  • The best books on Rethinking Economics - Owning the Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution by Marjorie Kelly

The best books on Rethinking Economics, recommended by Kate Raworth

Economic orthodoxy in no way equips for the challenges of the 21st century, the ‘renegade economist’ Kate Raworth tells Five Books. It’s time to rethink basic concepts and paradigms, and redraw the boundaries.

The best books on Rethinking Economics, recommended by Kate Raworth

    The best books on Economic Sociology, recommended by Neil Fligstein

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    The best books on Economic Sociology - The Social Meaning of Money by Viviana A Zelizer

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    The Social Meaning of Money
    by Viviana A Zelizer

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    The best books on Economic Sociology - Getting a Job by Mark Granovetter

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    Getting a Job
    by Mark Granovetter

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    The best books on Economic Sociology - Forging Industrial Policy by Frank Dobbin

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    Forging Industrial Policy
    by Frank Dobbin

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    The best books on Economic Sociology - Distinction by Pierre Bourdieu

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    Distinction
    by Pierre Bourdieu

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    The best books on Economic Sociology - An Engine, Not a Camera by Donald MacKenzie

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    An Engine, Not a Camera
    by Donald MacKenzie

  • It's important to understand social aspects of economic behaviour, particularly when times of crisis reveal the shortcomings of traditional economic theory, says sociologist Neil Fligstein.

  • The best books on Economic Sociology - The Social Meaning of Money by Viviana A Zelizer
  • The best books on Economic Sociology - Getting a Job by Mark Granovetter
  • The best books on Economic Sociology - Forging Industrial Policy by Frank Dobbin
  • The best books on Economic Sociology - Distinction by Pierre Bourdieu
  • The best books on Economic Sociology - An Engine, Not a Camera by Donald MacKenzie

The best books on Economic Sociology, recommended by Neil Fligstein

It’s important to understand social aspects of economic behaviour, particularly when times of crisis reveal the shortcomings of traditional economic theory, says sociologist Neil Fligstein.

The best books on Economic Sociology, recommended by Neil Fligstein

    The best books on Econometrics, recommended by Mark Thoma

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    The best books on Econometrics - Recursive Macroeconomic Theory by Lars Ljungqvist & Thomas J. Sargent

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    Recursive Macroeconomic Theory
    by Lars Ljungqvist & Thomas J. Sargent

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    The best books on Econometrics - Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (Volume 1) Robert E Lucas Jr and Thomas J Sargent (editors)

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    Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (Volume 1)
    Robert E Lucas Jr and Thomas J Sargent (editors)

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    The best books on Econometrics - Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (Volume 2) by Robert E Lucas Jr and Thomas J Sargent (editors)

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    Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (Volume 2)
    by Robert E Lucas Jr and Thomas J Sargent (editors)

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    The best books on Econometrics - Long-Run Economic Relationships by RF Engle and CWJ Granger

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    Long-Run Economic Relationships
    by RF Engle and CWJ Granger

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    The best books on Econometrics - Macroeconomic Theory by Thomas J. Sargent

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    Macroeconomic Theory
    by Thomas J. Sargent

  • It’s a discipline in vogue with the Nobel prize committee and mysterious to most of the rest of us. So we asked econometrician Mark Thoma to explain what he does, and why there’s such a battle of ideas (and models) in economics. He recommends his favourite econometrics books.

  • The best books on Econometrics - Recursive Macroeconomic Theory by Lars Ljungqvist & Thomas J. Sargent
  • The best books on Econometrics - Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (Volume 1) Robert E Lucas Jr and Thomas J Sargent (editors)
  • The best books on Econometrics - Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (Volume 2) by Robert E Lucas Jr and Thomas J Sargent (editors)
  • The best books on Econometrics - Long-Run Economic Relationships by RF Engle and CWJ Granger
  • The best books on Econometrics - Macroeconomic Theory by Thomas J. Sargent

The best books on Econometrics, recommended by Mark Thoma

It’s a discipline in vogue with the Nobel prize committee and mysterious to most of the rest of us. So we asked econometrician Mark Thoma to explain what he does, and why there’s such a battle of ideas (and models) in economics. He recommends his favourite econometrics books.

The best books on Econometrics, recommended by Mark Thoma

    The best books on Urban Economics, recommended by Edward Glaeser

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    The best books on Urban Economics - Nature’s Metropolis by William Cronon

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    Nature’s Metropolis
    by William Cronon

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    The best books on Urban Economics - Plunkitt of Tammany Hall by William L Riordon

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    Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
    by William L Riordon

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    The best books on Urban Economics - The Philadelphia Negro by W E B Du Bois

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    The Philadelphia Negro
    by W E B Du Bois

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    The best books on Urban Economics - The Urban Transportation Problem by John Kain and Martin Wohl & John Robert Meyer

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    The Urban Transportation Problem
    by John Kain and Martin Wohl & John Robert Meyer

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    The best books on Urban Economics - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

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    The Death and Life of Great American Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

  • Harvard economist Edward Glaeser chooses the best books on the economics of cities, from Chicago’s life story to how urban transport shaped New York.

  • The best books on Urban Economics - Nature’s Metropolis by William Cronon
  • The best books on Urban Economics - Plunkitt of Tammany Hall by William L Riordon
  • The best books on Urban Economics - The Philadelphia Negro by W E B Du Bois
  • The best books on Urban Economics - The Urban Transportation Problem by John Kain and Martin Wohl & John Robert Meyer
  • The best books on Urban Economics - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

The best books on Urban Economics, recommended by Edward Glaeser

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser chooses the best books on the economics of cities, from Chicago’s life story to how urban transport shaped New York.

The best books on Urban Economics, recommended by Edward Glaeser

    The best books on Risk Management, recommended by Graciela Chichilnisky

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    The best books on Risk Management - Catastrophe by Richard A Posner

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    Catastrophe
    by Richard A Posner

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    The best books on Risk Management - Optimal Statistical Decisions by Morris H DeGroot

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    Optimal Statistical Decisions
    by Morris H DeGroot

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    The best books on Risk Management - The Foundations of Statistics by Leonard J Savage

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    The Foundations of Statistics
    by Leonard J Savage

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    The best books on Risk Management - Essays in the Theory of Risk-Bearing by Kenneth J Arrow

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    Essays in the Theory of Risk-Bearing
    by Kenneth J Arrow

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    The best books on Risk Management - Inequalities for Stochastic Processes by Lester E Dubins and Leonard J Savage

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    Inequalities for Stochastic Processes
    by Lester E Dubins and Leonard J Savage

  • Former UNESCO Professor of Maths and Economics at Columbia University selects five intriguing books on catastophic risks, making statistical decisions and reasoned gambling

  • The best books on Risk Management - Catastrophe by Richard A Posner
  • The best books on Risk Management - Optimal Statistical Decisions by Morris H DeGroot
  • The best books on Risk Management - The Foundations of Statistics by Leonard J Savage
  • The best books on Risk Management - Essays in the Theory of Risk-Bearing by Kenneth J Arrow
  • The best books on Risk Management - Inequalities for Stochastic Processes by Lester E Dubins and Leonard J Savage

The best books on Risk Management, recommended by Graciela Chichilnisky

Former UNESCO Professor of Maths and Economics at Columbia University selects five intriguing books on catastophic risks, making statistical decisions and reasoned gambling

The best books on Risk Management, recommended by Graciela Chichilnisky

    The best books on Economics, the Soulful Science, recommended by Diane Coyle

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    The best books on Economics - The Company of Strangers by Paul Seabright

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    The Company of Strangers
    by Paul Seabright

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    The best books on Economics - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S Landes

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    The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
    by David S Landes

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    The best books on Economics - Butterfly Economics by Paul Ormerod

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    Butterfly Economics
    by Paul Ormerod

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    The best books on Economics - The Free Market Innovation Machine by William J Baumol

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    The Free Market Innovation Machine
    by William J Baumol

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    The best books on Economics - A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

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    A Beautiful Mind
    by Sylvia Nasar

  • British economist Diane Coyle argues that economics is not a dismal science, but a soulful one. She recommends a wide range of books illustrating how the discipline has flourished over the past two decades.

  • The best books on Economics - The Company of Strangers by Paul Seabright
  • The best books on Economics - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S Landes
  • The best books on Economics - Butterfly Economics by Paul Ormerod
  • The best books on Economics - The Free Market Innovation Machine by William J Baumol
  • The best books on Economics - A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The best books on Economics, the Soulful Science, recommended by Diane Coyle

British economist Diane Coyle argues that economics is not a dismal science, but a soulful one. She recommends a wide range of books illustrating how the discipline has flourished over the past two decades.

The best books on Economics, the Soulful Science, recommended by Diane Coyle

    The best books on Women and Work, recommended by Myra Strober

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    The best books on Women and Work - Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober

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    Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All
    by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober

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    The best books on Women and Work - A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter by Claudia Goldin

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    A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter
    by Claudia Goldin

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    The best books on Women and Work - Tempered Radicals by Debra E Meyerson

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    Tempered Radicals
    by Debra E Meyerson

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    The best books on Women and Work - Behind the Kitchen Door by Sarumathi Jayaraman

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    Behind the Kitchen Door
    by Sarumathi Jayaraman

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    The best books on Women and Work - Living Wages, Equal Wages: Gender and Labour Market Policies in the United States by Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari and Marilyn Power

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    Living Wages, Equal Wages: Gender and Labour Market Policies in the United States
    by Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari and Marilyn Power

  • Despite having slightly higher education levels, women working full-time in the US still only earn 79% of what men do. Stanford economist and author of Sharing the Work, Myra Strober, picks the best books—and one article—that explain the gender wage gap, and, more importantly, show us what we can do about it.

  • The best books on Women and Work - Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober
  • The best books on Women and Work - A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter by Claudia Goldin
  • The best books on Women and Work - Tempered Radicals by Debra E Meyerson
  • The best books on Women and Work - Behind the Kitchen Door by Sarumathi Jayaraman
  • The best books on Women and Work - Living Wages, Equal Wages: Gender and Labour Market Policies in the United States by Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari and Marilyn Power

The best books on Women and Work, recommended by Myra Strober

Despite having slightly higher education levels, women working full-time in the US still only earn 79% of what men do. Stanford economist and author of Sharing the Work, Myra Strober, picks the best books—and one article—that explain the gender wage gap, and, more importantly, show us what we can do about it.

The best books on Women and Work, recommended by Myra Strober

    Unexpected Economics Books, recommended by Tim Harford

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    Unexpected Economics Books - Normal Accidents by Charles Perrow

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    Normal Accidents
    by Charles Perrow

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    Unexpected Economics Books - For The Win by Cory Doctorow

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    For The Win
    by Cory Doctorow

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    Unexpected Economics Books - The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics by Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein

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    The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
    by Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein

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    Unexpected Economics Books - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
    by Michael Lewis

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    Unexpected Economics Books - Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre

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    Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
    by Ben Goldacre

  • You can find economics lessons in the most unlikely places, including the virtual world of computer games, says Tim Harford, author of a number of economics books aimed at the general public. He recommends five books that you wouldn't necessarily expect on a list of popular economics books, but nonetheless contain important lessons.

  • Unexpected Economics Books - Normal Accidents by Charles Perrow
  • Unexpected Economics Books - For The Win by Cory Doctorow
  • Unexpected Economics Books - The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics by Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein
  • Unexpected Economics Books - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
  • Unexpected Economics Books - Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre

Unexpected Economics Books, recommended by Tim Harford

You can find economics lessons in the most unlikely places, including the virtual world of computer games, says Tim Harford, author of a number of economics books aimed at the general public. He recommends five books that you wouldn’t necessarily expect on a list of popular economics books, but nonetheless contain important lessons.

Unexpected Economics Books, recommended by Tim Harford

    The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers, recommended by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

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    The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - Swindle by Gordon Korman

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    Swindle
    by Gordon Korman

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    The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - The Not-So-Great Depression by Amy Goldman Koss

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    The Not-So-Great Depression
    by Amy Goldman Koss

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    The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins

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    Bamboo People
    by Mitali Perkins

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    The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - The Agency by YS Lee

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    The Agency
    by YS Lee

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    The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins

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    The Year Money Grew on Trees
    by Aaron Hawkins

  • Economics need not be dry or didactic. Here’s a suggested reading list of novels with economic themes to appeal to young teenagers.

  • The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - Swindle by Gordon Korman
  • The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - The Not-So-Great Depression by Amy Goldman Koss
  • The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
  • The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - The Agency by YS Lee
  • The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers - The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins

The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers, recommended by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

Economics need not be dry or didactic. Here’s a suggested reading list of novels with economic themes to appeal to young teenagers.

The Best Economics Novels for Young Teenagers, recommended by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
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