Fins fundamental ideas to help you explore and understand the world around us using the economic way of thinking.
MoreEach month, we send a collection of resources about a particular topic right to your inbox.
SubscribeThe Reading Lists by Topic pages contain some suggested readings organized by topic, including materials available on Econlib. Brief reviews or descriptions are included for many items.
Supplementary materials for popular college textbooks used in courses in the Principles of Economics, Microeconomics, Price Theory, and Macroeconomics are suggested by topic.
These free resources are appropriate for teachers of high school and AP economics, social studies, and history classes. They are also appropriate for interested students, home schoolers, and newcomers to the topic of economics.
No Due Date is Econlib's subscription economics book club. Curated by Pete Boettke, you’ll spend a whole year reading with him exploring the best in economics and the social scie...
Definitions and Basics Profits, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Capitalists earn a return on their efforts by providing three productive inputs. First, they are wi...
Definitions and Basics Risk-Return Tradeoff, from Investopedia.com The risk-return tradeoff states that the potential return rises with an increase in risk. Using this princi...
Definitions and Basics Human Capital, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics To most people capital means a bank account, a hundred shares of IBM stock, assembly lines, o...
Definitions and Basics When economists use this term, they mean: property rights, honest government, political stability, dependable legal system, and competitive and open mar...
An Economics Reading List Bastiat, Frederic, Economic Sophisms Bastiat is free trade's greatest popularizer. This book collects his principal essays exposing the flaws that in...