‘El Clasico’, The Classics

• [1] An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1776, the year of US Independence; Promotes Free Market Economy)

• [2] The Principles Of Political Economy And Taxation by David Ricardo (1817)

• [3] The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes (1936)

• [4] The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents by F. A. Hayek (1944)

• [5] The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle by Joseph A Schumpeter (1934)

• [6] Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph A Schumpeter (1947)

• [7] Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman (1962)

• [8] Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman (1980)

• [9] Input-Output Economics by Wassily Leontief (1966)

History & Evolution of Economic Thought

• [1] The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner (1953)

• [2] New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought by Todd G. Buchholz 

• [3] Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius by Sylvia Nasar

Works of Contemporary Economists

• [1] Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress by Joseph E. Stiglitz (Author), Bruce C. Greenwald

• [2] Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Charlton

• [3] Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

• [4] Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

• [5] SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

• [6] Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

• [7] The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Textbooks

Mathematical Economics, Econometrics

Game Theory

• [1] Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern

Financial Economics

• [1] This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff

Behavioral Economics

• [1] Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

• [2] Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Introductory Economics for the General Reader

• [1] The Instant Economist: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works by Timothy Taylor

• [2] Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan