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1. [no image] Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life
from Basic Books

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Bowles and Gintis argue that schooling is designed to prepare students for to be dominated by the system of industrial capitalism. The authors argue that schooling has more to do with disciplining the workforce than it does with anything like critical thinking or creativity. This is a landmark book... more info

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2. Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life (Economic Learning and Social Evolution) Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
from The MIT Press
Price: $23.40

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Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life (Economic Learning and Social Evolution) combinds the theory of cultural evolution ala Boyd and Richerson (and Henrich et al) and the behavioral economy by people like Gintis, Bowles and Fehr. The book works... more info

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3. Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution (The Roundtable Series in Behavioral Economics) Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution (The Roundtable Series in Behavioral Economics)
from Princeton University Press
Price: $33.75

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I'm an economic major and this book is use in our "Price Theory" class. Most of the student in this class, including me, agrees it is not a good textbook. The author just keep on blathering about the topic and hardly showing any examples or applications. How are we suppose to learn about the topic?... more info

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4. [no image] Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, & the Pacific States with Speaker Colfax
from Reprint Services Corporation
Price: $89.00

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An amazing book! A historical chronicle that reads like a novel, written by a man who was a thinking man's soldier, scientist, and anthropologist. A must read for those who are interested in the Western frontier of America and want to get an authentic feel for what it felt like to be a part of the... more info

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5. Democracy And Capitalism Democracy And Capitalism
from Basic Books
Price: $22.00

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I would NOT recommend reading this book. Its not a very clear book at all. The authors focus on trying to sound like intellectual elites instead of focusing on making a point about their book. Half the time you are trying to figure out what the heck they are trying to say and when you finally do,... more info

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6. Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success
from Princeton University Press
Price: $22.45

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7. [no image] Notes and problems in microeconomic theory (Markham economic series)
from Markham Pub. Co

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8. Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $160.00

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9. Poverty Traps Poverty Traps
from Princeton University Press
Price: $30.00

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"Poverty Traps" is a collection of research papers on the subject of, well, poverty traps, edited by Bowles, Durlauf and Hoff. Each of these are known for their use of orthodox methodology against the economic orthodoxy itself in substantial terms, and that is also the approach taken in this book.... more info

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10. Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $53.95

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"Understanding Capitalism", as far as I know, is the best "alternative" introductory textbook dealing with how the economy works. Some of its content is similar to what one would find in a standard introductory economics textbook: the treatment of supply and demand, inflation, monetary and fiscal... more info

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