Economics

Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu; James Robinson

The Little Book of Economics by Greg Ip

The Making of Modern Economics: the Lives and ideas of the Great Thinkers

The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes

Consumerism

The World is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century

The Creation and Destruction of Value: the Globalization Cycle

Dangerous Business: the Risks of Globalization for America

Where Am I Wearing?: a Global Tour of the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes

Herbert Hoover

The Forgotten Man: a New History of the Great Depression