Home of the Serious Scholar
Douglas W.
Allen
Phone:
(778)
782-3445
Burnaby Mountain Professor
Fax:
(778)
782-5944
Department
of Economics email: allen@sfu.ca
Simon Fraser
University
Making Sense: An Alternative
Approach to Economic Principles,
(McInnes Creek Press, 2025)
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. 
Coming
Soon.