Competition and Appropriation
Asymmetric Information
Akerlof's Market for Lemons Original Paper
Alchian and Demsetz (1972)
Arrow's Original Medical Care Paper
Makowski's Introduction
Makowski's History of Incentives in Economic Theory
Rothschild and Stiglitz (1976) on Insurance Markets
Spence's Original 1973 Signaling Paper
The Contributions of Information Economics
Vickrey's Original Auctions Paper
Information and Paradigm Change in Economics
Williamson's Original Theory of Firms Paper
Historical Tree
Pre-Smith (16th-18th century)
Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733)
Richard Cantillon (1680s-1734)
David Hume (1711-1776)
James Anderson (1692-1765)
Secondary Literature
Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Theory Of Moral Sentiments (1759)
Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762-1764)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Essays and Lectures (1762-1795)
Secondary Literature
Classical Economists (1800-1850)
Background
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)
David Ricardo (1772-1823)
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Other Contributors
Marginal Revolution (1870’s)
Pre-Marginalists
Founders
Marginal Productivity
Cambridge
Modern General Equilibrium
Austrian School
Market Socialism
Incentives Revolution (1970’s)
Game Theory
Mechanism Design
Property Rights & Transaction Costs
Asymmetric Information
Histories of Economic Thought
Classic Texts
Modern Texts
Chinese Economic Thought