21st Century Economics: Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember

Introduction (Bruno S. Frey and Christoph A. Schaltegger).- Christine Benesch recommends “Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’s Companion” by Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (Christine Bensch).- Matthias Benz recommends “The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India” by Tim Besley and Robin Burgess (Matthias Benz).- Aleksander Berentsen recommends “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” by Satoshi Nakamoto (Aleksander Berentsen).- Thomas Bernauer recommends “Tracking the Ecological Overshoot of the Human Economy” by Mathis Wackernagel et al. (Thomas Bernauer).- Peter Bernholz recommends “Redesigning Democracy: More Ideas for Better Rules” by Hans Gersbach (Peter Bernholz).- Norbert Berthold recommends “The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility” by Gregory Clark (Norbert Berthold).- Urs Birchler recommends “Why Every Economist Should Learn Some Auction Theory” by Paul Klemperer (Urs Bichler).- Luigino Bruni recommends “The Idea of Justice” by Amartya Sen (Luigino Bruni).- Monika Bütler recommends “The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence” by Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia S. Mitchell (Monika Bütler).- Peter Cauwels recommends “Critical Transitions in Nature and Society” by Marten Scheffer (Peter Cauwels).- Sir Paul Collier recommends “Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being” by George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton (Sir Paul Collier).- Reto Cueni recommends “Too much Finance?” by Jean Louis Arcand, Enrico Berkes and Ugo Panizza (Reto Cueni).- Jakob de Haan recommends “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty” by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson (Jakob de Haan).- Reiner Eichenberger recommends “Self-Interest through Delegation: An Additional Rationale for the Principal-Agent Relationship” by John Hamman, George Loewenstein and Roberto Weber (Reiner Eichenberger).- Lars P. Feld recommends “Happiness, Economy and Institutions” by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (Lars P. Feld).- Reto Foellmi recommends “Firms in International Trade” by Andrew B. Bernard et al. (Reto Foellmi).- Nicolai J. Foss recommends “Economics and Identity” by George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton (Nicolai J. Foss).- Bruno S. Frey recommends “Mindful Economics: The Production, Consumption, and Value of Beliefs” by Roland Bénabou and Jean Tirole (Bruno S. Frey).- Jetta Frost recommends “Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms” by Elinor Ostrom (Jetta Frost).- Clemens Fuest recommends “Yes, Economics Is a Science” by Raj Chetty (Clemens Fuest).- Allan Guggenbühl recommends “Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human” by Jonathan Gottschall (Allan Guggenbühl).- Jochen Hartwig recommends “In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All” by OECD (Jochen Hartwig).- Jürg Helbling recommends “Capital in the 20th Century” by Thomas Piketty (Jürg Helbling).- Sir David F. Hendry recommends “An Analysis of the Indicator Saturation Estimator as a Robust Regression Estimator” by Søren Johansen and Bent Nielsen (Sir David F. Hendry).- Gerard Hertig recommends “Legal Origins” by Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer (Gerard Hertig).- Bruno Heyndels recommends “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden” by Timothy Besley et al. (Bruno Heyndels).- David Iselin recommends “The Superiority of Economists” by Marion Fourcade, Etienne Ollion and Yann Algan (David Iselin).- Beat Kappeler recommends “Beyond the Keynesian Endpoint: Crushed by Credit and Deceived by Debt – How to Revive the Global Economy” by Tony Crescenzi (Beat Kappeler).- John Kay recommends “The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter” by Joseph Henrich (John Kay).-