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SuperFreakonomics
Levitt and Dubner

The explanatory note states that the theme of the book explores the concept that we all work for a particular reward. The introduction states we should look at problems economically.

Freakonomics
Levitt and Dubner

The book is a collection of 'economic' articles written by Levitt, an expert who has already gained a reputation for applying economic theory to diverse subjects not usually covered by 'traditional' economists; he does, however, accept the standard neoclassicalmicroeconomic model of rational utility-maximization. In Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner argue that economics is, at root, the study of incentives.

Debunking Economics
Steve Keen

He book strongly criticises many of the key ideas and assumptions of neoclassical economics.[3] It argues that components of the theory such as demand curves, which are supposed to represent the aggregate behaviour of consumers, are theoretical constructs that have little empirical support. Keen questions the conventional theory of the firm, arguing that monopolies can have a useful role. He also revisits the Cambridge capital controversy of the 1960s to argue that ideas such as capital and profit are ill-defined.