A few free economics books
Some authors of economics books and textbooks have generously allowed online versions of their books to be downloaded for free. Here’s a list of a few relatively recent books that I’ve found. If you know of any others, please let me know. And, if you like a book and can afford it, show your support for the author by buying a copy.
Introduction to Economic Analysis, by R. Preston McAfee (2007). ‘Open source’ intermediate undergraduate microeconomics textbook. Website also has slides for teaching.
Lecture notes in Microeconomic Theory, by Ariel Rubinstein (2006). Advanced microeconomic theory textbook.
Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, by Daron Acemoglu (2007, draft). Advanced economic growth theory.
Bargaining and Markets, by Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein (1990). Advanced bargaining theory textbook.
Invisible Engines, by David Evans, Andrei Hagui and Richard Schmalensee (2007). Non-technical book about two-sided software platforms.
Modelling Bounded Rationality, by Ariel Rubinstein (1998). Game theoretic models of bounded rationality (advanced).
Economics and Language, by Ariel Rubinstein (1996). The economics of language and language of economics.
There is also the Library of Economics and Liberty, which has many digital copies of historical economics texts available for download.
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Not to forget David Friedman’s brilliant “Price Theory” (http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_ToC.html) and “Laws Order” (http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Laws_Order_draft/laws_order_ToC.htm), Boldrin/Levine “Against Intellectual Monopoly” (http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/againstnew.htm) and Ross McKitrick’s “Environmental Economics” (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/teaching/TEXTbook.pdf).
Steffen: Thanks for the links, I’ve added them to the list on my books page.
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Dear sir,
I am a economic student. so I need some books written on economics.
And specially I need a copy of ” Economics : Principles & policy ” by Baumol, W.J, and Blinder, A.S.
Could you please help me?
Eagerly waiting for your reply.
Omer: As far as I know, that book is not available online. You’ll have to buy a copy or find it in a library.
Dear sir,
Thanks for your reply. As I told you earlier that i am economic students.so today I come back to you again with some new books. If you have any information about these books. please let me inform soon.
First one,
1)”Mathematical Analysis for Economists” by R. G. D. Allen
Second one,
2)”Introduction to Mathematical Economics” by Casson, Mark
Third one,
3)”An Introduction to Mathematics Treatment of Economics” By G. C Archibal and Richard G. Lipsey.
Solicit your early response.
Omer: All of the books that I know of are already on this page. Try using Google to search for the books that you want. If you found any new books not on this page, please let me know.