Center for Free Enterprise — 2025 Recommended Book List

The Center for Free Enterprise has selected recommended books from among those published in 2025 that were recognized for their high value across categories such as economics & business, politics & society, and more.

Liberalism & Market Economy (7 titles)

Anatomy of Anti-Liberalism — Min Gyeong-guk / Book Korea / May 10, 2025 / ₩25,000
Liberal Democracy and the Market Economy — Kim In-cheol / Sungkyunkwan University Press / Nov 29, 2025 / ₩25,000
The Theory of Moral Sentiments — Adam Smith (trans. Lee Jong-in) / Hyundai Jisung / Nov 7, 2025 / ₩25,000
Korean Economic Theory — Kang Seong-jin / Bakyoungsa / Sep 10, 2025 / ₩29,000
Human Nature and World Problems — Edwin van de Haar (trans. Hwang Su-yeon) / Liberty / Sep 30, 2025 / ₩15,000
The Invisible Hand of Demographics — Paul Morland (trans. Song Ji-woo) / Giparang / Jul 1, 2025 / ₩19,000
Lonely Ideas — Loren Graham (trans. Kim Dong-hyeok & Heo Seung-cheol) / GIST Press / Oct 30, 2025 / ₩20,000


Law & Economics and Regulatory Reform (9 titles)

A Political-Economic Understanding of Public Debt (Academic Series 2) — Kim Young-shin / Center for Free Enterprise / Jun 18, 2025 / ₩5,000
Law and Economics — Lee Jong-in / Lex & Icon Press / Nov 17, 2025 / ₩23,000
Conditions for Good Policy — Bae Gwan-pyo et al. / Yoonseongsa / Apr 30, 2025 / ₩16,000
Law and Policy for Platforms — Lee Seong-yeop / Bakyoungsa / Jun 15, 2025 / ₩35,000
Republic of Regulatory Innovation — Ahn Jong-il / Samil / Aug 15, 2025 / ₩28,000
The Age of Forced Subscriptions — Jeon Ho-gyeom / Vega Books / Jun 5, 2025 / ₩19,800
Laws That Cage AI: The War Between Regulation and Freedom — Lee Cheol-woo / Aunae / Oct 13, 2025 / ₩25,000
How the Law Thinks — Ward Farnsworth (trans. Noh Bo-gyeong) / Geulhangari / Mar 12, 2025 / ₩33,000
Why Did Socrates Die? — Kim Woong / Giverny / Jun 13, 2025 / ₩22,000


AI & the Future Economy (12 titles)

AI Transformation (AX) and the Law — Lee Seong-yeop / Bakyoungsa / Jan 5, 2026 / ₩35,000
AI Law in Korea and the EU — Ahn Jung-min / CommunicationBooks / Oct 2, 2025 / ₩12,000
Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Currency — Shim Yang-seop / CommunicationBooks / Mar 31, 2025 / ₩12,000
The Conditions for an AI Superpower: AGI, Chips, Data & Adaptability — 4 Pillars That Will Dominate Future Hegemony — Choi Yoon-sik / Wisdomhouse / Oct 22, 2025 / ₩20,000
2026 Global Economic Scenarios — Choi Yoon-sik / Nexus BIZ / Nov 25, 2025 / ₩16,800
2026 Currency Wars — Kim Gyeong-won & Jeon In-gu / Adam Smith / Dec 19, 2025 / ₩25,000
The Tech Coup — Alex Karp & Nicholas Zamiska (trans. Big Data Doctor) / Knowledge Nomad / Aug 15, 2025 / ₩26,000
All the Economies of the World — Yoon Seok-beom / Hakminsa / Sep 25, 2025 / ₩18,000
Regulation and Legal Policy in the Era of Digital Transformation — Lee Won-woo / Hongmunsa / Mar 20, 2025 / ₩35,000
AI Business Trends 2026 — Lee So-young & Lee Ye-rim / Maeil Business Newspaper / Oct 21, 2025 / ₩22,000
War of the AI Titans — Gary Rivlin (trans. Kim Dong-gyu) / RH Korea / Aug 25, 2025 / ₩27,000
The Extinction of Experience — Christine Rosen / Across / May 20, 2025 / ₩19,800

Entrepreneurship (6 titles)

Startup Masters Lee Byung-chul & Chung Ju-yung for the MZ Generation — Park Sang-ha / Book Ocean / Nov 18, 2025 / ₩19,800
Youth Entrepreneurship Education: The Path We Walked Together — National Youth Entrepreneurship Education Research Society / Inmulgwa Sasangsa / Oct 30, 2025 / ₩18,000
Passing Through Failure — Park So-ryeong / Bookstone / Sep 19, 2025 / ₩20,000
Zero to One (1st ed. 2021) — Peter Thiel & Blake Masters (trans. Lee Ji-yeon) / Korea Economic Daily / Apr 18, 2025 / ₩18,000
The Nvidia Revolution — Tae Kim (supervised by Kim Jeong-min & Kim Sang-gyun) / Seosamdog / Mar 18, 2025 / ₩25,000
How to Measure a Leader — Han Young-su / Maeil Business Newspaper / Oct 17, 2025 / ₩21,000

History & the Market Economy (4 titles)

Michuhol, Jemulpo, Incheon (Vols. 1–2) — Bok Geo-il / Mubl Publishing / Jun 30, 2025 / ₩22,000
The Reality of Colonial Modernization — Jeon Yong-deok / Seoul National University Press / Apr 15, 2025 / ₩36,000
Western Maritime History — Kim Seong-jun / Hyean / Nov 22, 2025 / ₩32,000
What Went Wrong with Capitalism — Ruchir Sharma (trans. Kim Tae-hun) / Korea Economic Daily / May 15, 2025 / ₩28,000

Global Trade Diplomacy, U.S.–Korea Relations & International Politics (7 titles)

Why American Manufacturing Failed — Shin Hyun-han / Bakyoungsa / Jul 30, 2025 / ₩18,000
The Story of Tariffs — Kim Seong-jae / Maeil Business Newspaper / Jul 17, 2025 / ₩20,000
Nuclear Weapons Politics on the Korean Peninsula — Kim Gye-dong et al. / Myeongin Munhwasa / May 30, 2025 / ₩32,000
Trump's Return, America's Future — Son Yeol et al. / East Asia Institute / Jan 20, 2025 / ₩20,000
Know War to Achieve Peace — Ryu Je-seung / Giverny / Nov 14, 2025 / ₩22,000
China and Russia — Sören Urbansky & Martin Wagner (trans. Lee Seung-gu & Ahn Mi-ra) / Eco Livre / Oct 14, 2025 / ₩25,000
Indo-Pacific Power Competition — Park Jae-gyeong / Inmun Gonggan / Sep 30, 2025 / ₩35,000

Miscellaneous: Self-Development & Parenting (5 titles)

Breaking the Curse of Not Improving Your English — Mo Gi-ryong / Happiness Well / May 3, 2025 / ₩18,500
Personal English Revolution — Mo Gi-ryong / Midas Books / Oct 22, 2025 / ₩18,500
Raising My Child to Be a Silicon Valley CEO — Kim Jeong-ho / Book Ocean / Aug 11, 2025 / ₩20,000
The Girl Who Wanted to Be a Genius — Lee Geun-mi / Sayu & Gonggam / Dec 17, 2025 / ₩15,000
The Let Them Theory — Mel Robbins (trans. Yoon Hyo-won) / Business Books / Aug 30, 2025 / ₩20,000