Economics, History

This is an alphabetical version.  For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: Economics, History

Below are non-fiction books with a focus on how economics shaped history

C

• Capitalism: A Short History by Jürgen Kocka

E

• The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

G

• The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Karl Polanyi

I

• The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson

S

• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

W

• Wealth, Poverty and Politics by Thomas Sowell
• Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson
• The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present by Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven C. Topik