So you want to learn more about economics? There are lots of great books to read. We’ve pulled together a list to help point you in the right direction. (If you think we’re missing anything, just drop us a note with the resource info.)
Books
Textbooks from a Christian Perspective
- Basic Economics, 3rd Ed. – Paul Cleveland and Clarence Carson [Middle/High School and up]
- Foundations of Economics: A Christian View
– Shawn Ritenour [Upper High School/College and up]
- Economics: Principles and Policy from a Christian Perspective
– Tom Rose [Middle/High School and up]
Economic Topics from a Christian Perspective
- Biblical Economics: A Commonsense Guide to Our Daily Bread
– R.C. Sproul, Jr
- Bringing in the Sheaves
– George Grant [Free pdf]
- God at Work (Redesign): Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
– Gene Veith
- Honest Money
– Gary North [Free pdf]
- Inherit the Earth: Biblical Principles for Economics (Biblical Blueprints Series)
– Gary North [Free pdf]
- Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem
– Jay Richards
- Prosperity and Poverty: The Compassionate Use of Resources in a World of Scarcity
– E. Calvin Beisner
- Unmasking the Sacred Lies
– Paul Cleveland
- Your wealth in God’s world: Does the Bible support the free market?
– John Jefferson Davis
Other Books
- The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression
– Jean-Louis Panne, et al.
- Critique of Interventionism
– Ludwig Von Mises [Free pdf, epub]
- The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy
– Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw
- Communism: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
– Richard Pipes
- Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
– John Taylor Gatto
- For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
– Charles Adams
- Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
– Ludwig von Mises [Free pdf, epub]
- Index of Economic Freedom (2012) [Free] – The Heritage Foundation
- Lessons for the Young Economist
– Robert Murphy [Free pdf, epub]
- The Mystery Of Banking
– Murray Rothbard [Free pdf, epub]
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal
– Robert Murphy
- Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
– Ludwig von Mises [Free pdf, epub]
- The Socialist Tradition: Moses to Lenin
– Alexander Gray [Free pdf, epub]
- The State of Humanity
– Julian Simon
- The Welfare State 1929-1985
– Clarence Carson
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
– David Landes
- The Wealth of Nations
– Adam Smith
