Center for Free Enterprise — 2023 Recommended Book List

The Center for Free Enterprise has selected recommended books from among those published in 2023 that were recognized for their high value across categories such as economics & business, politics & society, and the humanities.

Seung-yeon, Class of '86 — Park Seon-gyeong / Book & People / Nov 8, 2023 / ₩17,000

Nation-Building and Wealth-Building — Kim Il-yeong / Giparang / Aug 15, 2023 / ₩19,000

Read Economic News to See the Economy — Im Hyeon-woo / Garden of Books / Mar 31, 2023 / ₩23,000

How to Think About the Economy: An Introduction — Per L. Bylund / Liberty / Jan 28, 2023 / ₩12,000

The Economy-Explaining Man's 15-Minute Economics Lecture — Kim Gwang-seok / The Quest / May 15, 2023 / ₩20,000

The Dark History of Economic Warfare — Lee Wan-bae / Book Trigger / Mar 30, 2023 / ₩17,500

Reaching the Summit — Eamonn Butler / Liberty / Sep 15, 2023 / ₩12,000

State Plunder: The Inheritance Tax — Inheritance Tax Reform Forum / Pen & Books / May 22, 2023 / ₩17,000

The Authoritarian Moment — Ben Shapiro / Giparang / Feb 6, 2023 / ₩33,000

Regulation vs. the Market — Choi Byeong-seon / Gagyanal / Jan 15, 2023 / ₩39,000

The Climate Crisis Fiction — Park Seok-sun / Eomunhaksa / Oct 30, 2023 / ₩15,000

Climate Apocalypticism: Exposing the Greatest Hoax in Human History — Park Seok-sun & David Craig / Eomunhaksa / Feb 24, 2023 / ₩22,000

I Drink Free Starbucks Every Day Through Dividend Investing — Song Min-seop / 21st Century Books / Dec 6, 2023 / ₩24,000

The Power of the Dollar — Kim Dong-gi / Haenaem / Nov 15, 2023 / ₩33,000

Raise Your Economic IQ — Han Sun-gu / Samsung Global Research / Nov 3, 2023 / ₩18,500

A History of Money in South Korea — Hong Chun-wook / Imagination Square / Aug 2, 2023 / ₩33,000

South Korea: Conditions for an Advanced Nation — Kim Se-hyeong et al. / Sigongsa / Jan 31, 2023 / ₩20,000

The Attitude of Money: 8 Secrets by Which 30 Ordinary People Achieved Financial Freedom — Jonathan Clements / Dongyang Books / Oct 18, 2023 / ₩18,000

Leviathan Fiscal Policy: The Political Economy of Budgets and Taxes — Park Jeong-su / Ewha Womans University Press / Jun 22, 2023 / ₩29,000

Reading Schopenhauer at Forty — Kang Yong-su / Yuno Books / Sep 7, 2023 / ₩17,000

The Conservative Foundations of Every Society — Daniel Mahoney / Giparang / Feb 20, 2023 / ₩20,000

A Name Writ in Water (Vols. 1–5) — Bok Geo-il / Baeknyeon Dongan / Jul 3, 2023 / ₩20,000 each

Ten Lies About Capitalism — Rainer Zitelmann / Yangmun / Apr 17, 2023 / ₩22,000

Economics That Puts Food on the Table — Xie Zongbo / The Page / Oct 30, 2023 / ₩18,800

The Rich People's Real Estate Notebook — Shocking Real Estate / SG Research / Apr 20, 2023 / ₩19,000

Red Anti-Japanese Resistance — Hwang Dae-il / Giparang / Oct 16, 2023 / ₩17,000

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning — Peter Zeihan / Kim & Kim Books / Jan 19, 2023 / ₩20,000

The CEO's Stellar Moment — Shin Hyeon-man / Say Korea / Oct 4, 2023 / ₩22,000

The Dignity of an Advanced Economy — Kim Jun-yeong / 21st Century Books / Nov 29, 2023 / ₩18,000

Why Did Schumpeter Talk About Innovation? — Russell Sobel & Jason Clemens / Knowledge Powerhouse / Oct 31, 2023 / ₩12,000

Adam Smith: Father of Economics, Thinker Turned Myth — Nicholas Phillipson / Korea Economic Daily / May 24, 2023 / ₩30,000

Reading Adam Smith Together — Jang Gyeong-deok / Geulhangari / Feb 6, 2023 / ₩18,000

How Long-Lasting Brands Think — Lee Rang-ju / Jiwain / Nov 25, 2023 / ₩17,800

Yoon Je-seong's Wall Street Investing — Yoon Je-seong & Kim Hyeon-seok / Korea Economic Daily / Oct 25, 2023 / ₩23,000

Lee Ji-seong's 10,000 Kilometers — Lee Ji-seong / Cha's Garden / Apr 20, 2023 / ₩18,000

The 6 Types of Working Genius — Patrick Lencioni / Korea Economic Daily / Nov 30, 2023 / ₩18,000

Free and Great: The Brilliant Legacy of Adam Smith — ed. Ryan Patrick Hanley / Knowledge Powerhouse / Nov 27, 2023 / ₩30,000

Reading the Korean Economy Through Freedom — Min Gyeong-guk / Knowledge Powerhouse / Jan 3, 2023 / ₩22,000

The Constitution of Liberty — Friedrich Hayek / Center for Free Enterprise / May 8, 2023 / ₩38,000

Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure — Randy Simmons / Yulgok Publishing / Jan 17, 2023 / ₩33,000

Conditions for Good Regulation — Kang Yeong-cheol et al. / Yoonseongsa / Oct 13, 2023 / ₩15,000

New Ideas from Dead Economists — Todd Buchholz / Gimm-Young / Sep 11, 2023 / ₩32,800

A Medieval-Oriented, Regressive Society — Hong Seung-gi / Bakyoungsa / Sep 20, 2023 / ₩18,000

An Economics Textbook That Pays Off — For Teens — Shin Dong-guk / Cheoeum Books / Aug 25, 2023 / ₩16,000

Shouldn't Christians Worry About Money? — Lee Sang-cheol et al. / Duranno / Sep 20, 2023 / ₩17,000

The Red Muffler Who Guarded the Tripitaka Koreana — Jeong Yeong-ae / Forget-Me-Not / Jun 15, 2023 / ₩15,000

Feminist Fantasia — Phyllis Schlafly / Tunamis / Aug 15, 2023 / ₩18,000

Future Normal — Rohit Bhargava & Henry Coutinho-Mason / Maeil Business Newspaper / Nov 30, 2023 / ₩22,000

An Evening's Worth of Economic Espresso: Finance — Kim Jong-seung / Hanbit Biz / May 30, 2023 / ₩18,000

The Future of Money — Eswar S. Prasad / Gimm-Young / Aug 18, 2023 / ₩29,800