*“Two Concepts of Liberty.” In Four Essays on Liberty - Berlin, Isaiah (1990) - Oxford University Press - ISBN: 9780192810342.
Federalist Paper 10 - James Madison (Friday, November 23 1787)
*The Economic Approach to Human Behaviour (Chapters 1, 8, 12, and 13) - Gary Becker (1990) - University of Chicago Press
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon (Read in entirety, NOT in Tucker version) - Marx, Karl. Translated by D. D. L. CreateSpaceIndependent Publishing Platform, (2013)
ISBN: 9781461072270
From the Prison Notebooks (pages 1–276) - Gramsci, Antonio. Selections Edited by Quintin Hoare and Geoffrey Nowell Smith. International Publishers Company, (1971)
ISBN: 9780717803972.
“Capital.” (pages 294–465) - Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels, In The Marx-Engels Reader. Edited by Robert C. Tucker. Norton, (1978)
ISBN: 9780393090406.
The Political Economy of Marx (pages 1–180) - Howard, M. C., and J. E. King. New York University Press, (1988)
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Essays on Marx’s Theory of Value (Introduction and chapters 1, 8, and 18) - Rubin, I. I. - Black Rose Books, (1973)
ISBN: 9780919618183.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Introduction Chapters 1, 2, 4, & 5) - Max Weber (2010) Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199747252.
The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (Chapters 3–14) - Karl Polanyi (2001) - Beacon Press, (2001)
ISBN: 9780807056431
“Conclusion: The Force of Critique.” In The New Spirit of Capitalism (pages 485–524) - Luc Boltanski; Eve Chiapello (2007) - Verso
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Marx’s Communist Manifesto and Capital - Review relevant passages
Review Keynes - Review relevant passages
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (pages 81–163) - Joseph Schumpeter (2008) - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
ISBN: 9780061561610.
An Engine Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets (Chapters 1 and 9) - Donald MacKenzie (2008) - MIT Press - ISBN: 9780262633673
Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (Preface and Chapters 1–4, 6, 7) - George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller (2010) - Princeton University Press - ISBN: 9780691145921.
“Reflections on a Year in Crisis.” - Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank - Jackson Hole Speech (August 21, 2009)
“Let Them Eat Credit.” In Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy - Rajan, Raghuram (2011) - Princeton University Press - ISBN: 9780691152639
“Reading About the Financial Crisis: A Twenty-One Book Review.” (pages 151–78) - Andrew W. Lo (2012) - Journal of Economic Literature 50, no. 1
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