Best Economic History Books

A selection of recommended economic history books worth reading.

• 1929Andrew Ross Sorkin
• Economics in One LessonHenry Hazlitt
• Capitalism & FreedomMilton Friedman, Binyamin Appelbaum
• Capitalism a Global HistorySven Beckert
• Short Hist of Financial EuphoriaJohn Kenneth Galbraith
• 1929 Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History and How It Shattered a Nat 2Andrew Ross Sorkin
• 1493Charles C. Mann
• They Were Her PropertyStephanie E. Jones-Rogers
• Price of TimeEdward Chancellor
• MisbehavingRichard H. Thaler
• Hist of MoneyDavid McWilliams
• BoxMarc Levinson
• Age of ExtractionTim Wu
• Blood in the MachineBrian Merchant
• Rational OptimistMatt Ridley
• Secret History of GoldDominic Frisby
• MoneymaniaThe Rebel Accountant
• Risk & RewardBen Carlson