Instructor: E. Somanathan
Contact: Room 215, Planning Unit
Ph: 011-4149 3939, Email: som [at] isid.ac.in
Class time: T Th 11:30-1:00

Additional Reading

You have extracts from several books on the reading list. The books by Blaug, Heilbroner, Smith, Marx, Hicks, Keynes, Galbraith, Bowles, Shleifer and Stiglitz are all worth reading more of. Nearly all the books I suggest here are in the library.

Hicks' Theory of Economic History is a lovely little book on economic development that I strongly recommend.

Mancur Olson has written two classics: The Logic of Collective Action, and The Rise and Decline of Nations. Although the former is more famous, I personally liked the latter book better. While we're on big ideas and development, a book by a non-economist, Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is an exhilarating intellectual adventure.

Tibor Scitovsky's The Joyless Economy is highly recommended.

Krugman has written several other popular books such as The Age of Diminished Expectations, Pop Internationalism, Peddling Prosperity, and The Accidental Theorist.

Stiglitz also has some recent popular books. Search the library catalog for them.