While undated, the following set of recommended books by field appears to have been put together for Harvard economics tutors in 1951. This set was found in a separate folder in Professor Alvin Hansen’s papers in the Harvard University Archives (a dozen typed pages, stapled).
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SUGGESTED READING FOR TUTORIAL
These readings are intended as a guide only. If tutors would note any additional material that they find helpful, the list can be revised and kept current. The list includes books only and no periodicals as it is difficult to select the best of these; this does not mean, however, that it is considered inadvisable to assign periodical literature.
Economic Analysis — General
| J. E. Meade and C. J. Hitch | Introduction to Economic Analysis and Public Policy |
| K. Boulding | Economic Analysis |
| G. J. Stigler | Production and Distribution Theories |
| R. G. D. Allen | Mathematical Analysis for Economists |
| D. Ricardo | Principles of Political Economy and Taxation |
| A. Smith | The Wealth of Nations |
| A. Cournot | Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth |
| J. S. Mill | Principles of Political Economy |
| K. Marx | Value, Price and Profit Wage-Labour and Capital |
| A. Marshall | Principles of Economics |
| A. C. Pigou | Economics of Welfare |
| K. Wicksell | Lectures on Political Economy, v I |
| J. Robinson | Economics of Imperfect Competition |
| G. H. Chamberlin | Theory of Monopolistic Competition |
| F. H. Knight | Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit |
| A. P. Lerner | Economics of Control |
| O. Lange | Economic Theory of Socialism |
| J. M. Keynes | General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money |
| J. R. Hicks | Value and Capital |
| J. A. Schumpeter | Theory of Economic Development |
| P. A. Samuelson | Foundations of Economic Analysis |
| Irving Fisher | The Theory of Interest |
| L. Robbins | The Nature and Significance of Economic Science |
| Blakiston (pub) | Readings in the Theory of Income Distribution |
| H. S. Ellis (Ed) | A Survey of Contemporary Economics |
History of Economic Thought
| A. Gray | The Development of Economic Doctrine |
| E. Roll | History of Economic Thought |
| J. M. Keynes | Essays in Biography |
Socio-Economic Analysis
| M. Weber | The Theory of Social and Economic Organization |
| J. A. Schumpeter | Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy |
| K. Marx | The Communist Manifesto |
| J A. Hobson | Imperialism |
| T. Veblen | The Engineers and the Price System |
| F. H. Knight | The Ethics of Competition |
| P. M. Sweezy | The Theory of Capitalist Development |
| D. M. Wright | Democracy and Progress |
| M. Levy | The Family Revolution in China |
Economic Policy
| S. E. Harris (ed) | Saving American Capitalism |
| W. H. Beveridge | Full Employment in a Free Society |
| F. H. Knight | Freedom and Reform |
| H. Simons | Economic Policy in A Free Society |
| F. A. Hayek | The Road to Serfdom |
| J. M. Clark | Alternative to Serfdom |
| C. W. Mills | The New Men of Power |
| United Nations Economic and Social Council [Authors: J. M. Clark, A. Smithies, N. Kaldor, Pierre Uri, E. R. Walker (chairman)] |
National and International Measures for Maintaining Full Employment [1949] |
| Reports of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers |
Aggregative Analysis, Business Cycles
| S. Kuznets | National Income, A Summary of Findings |
| K. Wicksell | Interest and Prices |
| G. Haberler | Prosperity and Depression |
| J. M. Clark | Strategic Factors in Business Cycles |
| A. H. Hansen | Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles |
| L. R. Klein | The Keynesian Revolution |
| J. Tinbergen | Business Cycles in the United States, 1920-1939 |
| J. A. Schumpeter | Business Cycles (2 vol) |
| J. R. Hicks | A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle |
| C. Clark | The Conditions of Economic Progress |
| R. F. Harrod | Toward a Dynamic Economics |
| Blakiston (pub) | Readings in Business Cycle Theory |
| L. R. Klein | Economic Fluctuations in the United States 1921-1941 |
| D. H. Robertson | Banking Policy and the Price Level |
Money and Banking
| R. G. Hawtrey | The Art of Central Banking |
| R. S. Sayers | Modern Banking |
| Federal Reserve Board | Banking Studies |
| J. M. Keynes | A Tract on Monetary Reform[;] Treatise on Money |
| D. M. Robertson | Money |
| W. Fellner | Monetary Policy and Full Employment |
| A. H. Hansen | Monetary Theory and Fiscal Policy |
| R. Nurkse | International Currency Experience |
| C. Bresciani-Turoni | The Economics of Inflation |
| A. Marshall | Money, Credit, and Commerce |
| R. J. Saulnier and N. H. Jacoby | Business Finance and Banking |
| A. G. Hart | Money, Debt and Economic Activity |
| L. Mints | Monetary Policy for a Competitive Society |
| E. S. Shaw | Money, Income, and Monetary Policy |
International Trade
| G. Haberler | International Trade |
| B. Ohlin | International and Interregional Trade |
| J. Viner | Studies in the Theory of International Trade |
| R. Nurkse | Conditions of International Monetary Equilibrium |
| E. Heckscher | Mercantilism 2 Vols. |
| N. S. Buchanan | International Investment and Domestic Welfare |
| F. W. Taussig | Tariff History of the United States |
| J. Viner (League of Nations) | Trade Relations between Free Markets and Controlled Economies |
| S. E. Harris (ed) | Foreign Economic Policy for the United States |
| Blakiston (pub) | Readings in the Theory of International Trade |
| Economic Commission for Europe | Reports on the European Economy 1949, 1950 |
| O.E.E.C. Reports | 1948, 1949 |
Agriculture
| J. D. Black, et al. | Farm Management |
| J. D. Black and M. Kiefer | Future Food and Agriculture Policy |
| T. W. Schultz | Agriculture in an Unstable Economy |
| G. Shepherd | Agricultural Price Analysis |
| T. W. Schultz | Production and Welfare in Agriculture |
| D. G. Johnson | Trade and Agriculture |
| J. S. Davis | On Agricultural Policy |
Economic History
| M. Weber | General Economic History |
| W. Sombart | The Quintessence of Capitalism |
| R. H. Tawney | Religion and the Rise of Capitalism |
| K. Marx | Capital (vol I) |
| M. Dobb | Studies in the Development of Capitalism |
| A. P. Usher | History of Mechanical Inventions |
| P. Mantoux | The Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century |
| H. Pirenne | The Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe |
| J. H. Clapham | The Economic Development of France and Germany |
| J. H. Clapham | The Bank of England |
| T. Ashton | The Industrial Revolution |
| A. P. Usher | Industrial History of England |
| W. W. Rostow | British Economy in the 19th Century |
| T. Veblen | Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution |
| L. C. Gray | History of Agriculture in Southern United States to 1860 |
| F. J. Turner | The Frontier in American History |
| M. L. Hansen | The Immigrant in American History |
| W. Z. Ripley | Main Street and Wall Street |
| T. Cochrane and W. Miller | The Age of Enterprise |
| R. S. and H. M. Lynd | Middletown |
| A. M. Carr Saunders | Population Problems |
Economic Measurement: Applied Economics
| R. G. D. Allen and A. L. Bowley | Family Expenditures |
| W. L. Crum | Corporate Size and Earning Power |
| L. Rostas | Comparative Productivity in British and American Industry |
| J. M. Gould | Output and Productivity in Electric and Gas Utilities |
| W. H. Nicholls | Labor Productivity Functions in Meat Packing |
| P. Neff and A. Weifenbach | Business Cycles in Selected Industrial Areas |
| G. Haberler | Consumer Installment Credit and Economic Fluctuations |
| J. S. Dusenberry | Income, Saving, and the Theory o Consumer Behavior |
| A. F. Burns and W. C. Mitchell | Measuring Business Cycles |
| T. Wilson | Fluctuations in Income and Employment |
| E. Frickey | Industrial Production in United States |
Labor
| J. R. Hicks | The Theory of Wages |
| P. H. Douglas | The Theory of Wages |
| J. T. Dunlop | Wage Determination under Trade Unions |
| S. H. Slichter | Union Policies and Industrial Management |
| A. M. Ross | Trade Union Wage Policy |
| C. E. Lindblom | Unions and Capitalism |
| S. Perlman | A Theory of the Trade Union Movement |
| S. and B. Webb | History of Trade Unionism |
| W. Galenson | Labor in Norway |
| F. J. Roethlisberger and W. Dickson | Management and the Worker |
| E. Mayo | Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization |
| E. W. Bakke and C. Kerr (ed) | Unions, Management, and the Public |
| Shister, J. and Lester, R. | Insight into Labor Issues |
| Twentieth Century Fund | How Collective Bargaining Works |
Public Finance
| U. K. Hicks | Public Finance |
| H. Simons | Personal Income Taxation |
| H. M. Somers | Public Finance and Fiscal Policy |
| J. A. Maxwell | The Fiscal Impact of Federalism in the United States |
| A. C. Pigou | A Study in Public Finance |
| J. K. Butters and J. Lintner | Effects of Federal Taxes on Growing Enterprises |
| W. S. Vickrey | Agenda for Progressive Taxation |
| Hoover Commission | Reports to the Congress and the Appendices of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government |
| H. M. Groves | Postwar Taxation and Economic Progress |
| J. R. Hicks | The Taxation of War Wealth |
| W. L. Crum, Fennelly and Seltzer | Fiscal Planning for Total War |
Applied Price Theory and Industrial Organization
| B. H. Robertson | The Control of Industry |
| A. E. G. Robinson | The Structure of Competitive Industry; Monopoly |
| J. M. Clark | The Economics of Overhead Costs |
| W. A. Lewis | Overhead Costs |
| A. K. Berle and G. C. Means | The Modern Corporation and Private Property |
| R. A. Gordon | Business Leadership in the Large Corporation |
| H. Simon | Administrative Behavior |
| D H. Wallace | Market Control in the Aluminum Industry |
| A. A. Bright | The Electric Lamp Industry |
| J. S. Bain | The Economics of the Pacific Coast Petroleum Industry |
| J. M. Clark | The Social Control of Business |
| C. D. Edwards | Maintaining Competition |
| Blakiston (pub) | Readings in the Social Control of Business |
Source: Harvard University Archives. Papers of Alvin Harvey Hansen. Lecture Notes and Other Course Material, Box 2, Folder “Tutorial Readings”.