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Additional Reading – for the beach this summer; to stretch yourself; entertain you and impress examiners or for UCAS statements and University interviews:
Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy (2010) – Joe Stiglitz; very US focussed by Nobel prize Economist, discusses the causes of the 2008 recession/depression and goes on to propose reforms. Among the policy-makers he criticises are George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, Little, Brown, 2006
Keynes: The Return of the Master is a 2009 book by economic historian Robert Skidelsky. The work discusses the economic theories and philosophy of John Maynard Keynes, and argues about their relevance to the world following the Financial crisis of 2007 to 2010.
Butterfly Economics: A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior is a book by Paul Ormerod dealing with economic theory, published in 1999. The author uses a plethora of insect-related metaphors to show that an economy tends to function like a living organism and is thus able to learn and to adapt.
Alternative media
offers an alternative view to the Greek crisis.
The legendary TV series "Free to Choose" (1980) by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman is now available on Google Video for free: http://miltonfriedman.blogspot.com/
Noreena Hertz, a leading economist has been described as: "one of the most powerful women in Britain" and "one of the greatest communicators of our generation." See her website: http://www.noreena.com/
