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Douglas W. Allen                                                     Phone:       (778) 782-3445
Burnaby Mountain Professor                                                                   Fax:           (778) 782-5944
Department of Economics                                                                           email:        allen@sfu.ca
Simon Fraser University

  

  Economic Literacy: A Different Approach to Economic Principles,  (Sixth Edition, McInnes Creek Press, 2024)   

An Inexpensive principles textbook based on i) a small set of ideas, ii) argument and critical thinking, and iii) real world problems (no widgets allowed).

  The Nature of the Farm: Contracts, Risk, and Organization in Agriculture.  A nice book, great title, and the world's worst cover.


 The Institutional Revolution. An accessible book that explains why the world of Samuel Pepys, John Churchill, and Jane Austen was so different from our own and why it all changed during the 19th century.  To see the reviews, both positive and negative, go here.
                   
Economic Analysis of Property Rights (with Yoram Barzel), 3rd Ed.
      
     
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