Classic Works in Economics and Political Economy

Economics and Political Economy

• Friedrich Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State
• Alfred Marshall, The Principles of Economics (McMaster)
• Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844
• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
• Other works by Marx and Engels (from the Marx and Engels Internet Archive)
• John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
• David Ricardo, An Essay on the Influence of a Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock (McMaster)
• David Ricardo, The High Price of Bullion (McMaster)
• David Ricardo, The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (text files at McMaster)
• Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Philosophical Works Related to Economics

• Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, The Federalist Papers
• Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
• David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
• William James, Essays in Radical Empiricism
• Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason
• Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
• John Locke, Second Treatise on Government
• Thomas Malthus, Essay on the Principle of Population
• John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

If you would like to see portraits of dead economists, visit the Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University.