🐻 Cornell Economics unofficial reading list, fall 2026
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Freshman level
Intro. Macroeconomics ECON 1120
- Principles of Macroeconomics by Stevenson & Wolfers
Junior level
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory ECON 3040
- Macroeconomics by Gregory Mankiw
Applied Econometrics ECON 3120
- Intro. to Econometrics by Stock & Watson
Economics of the U.S. Social Safety Net ECON 3250
- Mastering ‘Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect by Angrist & Pischke
Development of Economic Thought and Institutions ECON 3300
- The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Intro. by Robert C. Allen
- The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times & Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner
Urban Economics ECON 3855
- Urban Economics by Arthur O’Sullivan
Environmental Economics ECON 3865
- Markets & the Environment by Keohane & Olmstead