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ECON 105: Readings - Selections from some classic economic thinkers

This Research Guide contains readings for the course as well as additional materials from the library and the Internet.

Foundations and Classical Economics

Please note - these are NOT required readings. Dr. Gwaltney will let you know what to look at and what to ignore.

These Materials are available through various Internet and library sources.

On Ancient Western Influences

General Historical Overviews (category might want to be moved)

On the Empiricist Approach to Philosophy

On Individual Economic Freedom

On the Concept of the Operation of Markets

On Malthus

On "Classical" Political Economy

On Social and Economic Equality

On Comparative Advantage and Free Trade

On General Equilibrium

On Neoclassical Economics

On Communism

On Institutionalism