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From classic treatises to practical guides on copyright and patent law, Dover's selection of business and economics books is useful for readers of varying degrees of interest and expertise.
Recommendations... Extraordinary Popular Delusions
by Charles Mackay
Classic survey of crowd psychology takes an illuminating, entertaining look at 3 historic swindles: "The Mississippi Scheme," "The South-Sea Bubble," and "Tulipomania." Essential reading for investors.
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| |  The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version
by Ida M. Tarbell, David M. Chalmers
This muckraking classic, which eventually led to effective regulation of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, was the inaugural work for crusading journalists whose mission was to expose corruption in politics and big business.
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 Patents and How to Get One: A Practical Handbook
by U.S. Department of Commerce
Handy official guide describes a patent, defines such terms as "patent pending" and "patent applied for," explains process of registering patents, filing fees, and much else — all in simple, easy-to-understand language.
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| |  Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
by Frank H. Knight
This enduring economics text provided the theoretical basis of the entrepreneurial American economy during the post-industrial era. A revolutionary work, it taught the world how to systematically distinguish between risk and uncertainty.
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 The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
by David Ricardo
This landmark treatise formulated the principles behind the market economy. Its foundation of the tenets of diminishing returns and economic rent led to the doctrines of distribution theory and international trade theory.
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Products in Business and Economics | | |  | The Art of Speculation
by Philip L. Carret
This classic presents a complete review of the tools of the speculator and offers a full education on a variety of securities — especially bonds, stocks, and derivatives.
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| | Extraordinary Popular Delusions
by Charles Mackay
Classic survey of crowd psychology takes an illuminating, entertaining look at 3 historic swindles: "The Mississippi Scheme," "The South-Sea Bubble," and "Tulipomania." Essential reading for investors.
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|  | General Economic History
by Max Weber
Starting with descriptions and analyses of the agrarian systems, the famed economist explores manorial system, guilds, and early capitalism, organization of industry and mining, development of commerce, the transporting of goods, and more.
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|  | Handbook of Pictorial Symbols
by Rudolf Modley
These 3,250 visual symbols by government agencies, giant corporations, and foremost designers graphically display modern messages for trains, autos, road rules, women, factories, Olympic Games, tourism, do it, don't do it, and much more.
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| | The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version
by Ida M. Tarbell, David M. Chalmers
This muckraking classic, which eventually led to effective regulation of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, was the inaugural work for crusading journalists whose mission was to expose corruption in politics and big business.
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| |  | Money and Wealth: A Book of Quotations
by Joslyn Pine, Peter Donahue
Hundreds of quotes on the subject of money include observations on having it as well as doing without it. This three-part original anthology consists of attributed quotes, biblical quotes, and proverbs.
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| | Patents and How to Get One: A Practical Handbook
by U.S. Department of Commerce
Handy official guide describes a patent, defines such terms as "patent pending" and "patent applied for," explains process of registering patents, filing fees, and much else — all in simple, easy-to-understand language.
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| | The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
by David Ricardo
This landmark treatise formulated the principles behind the market economy. Its foundation of the tenets of diminishing returns and economic rent led to the doctrines of distribution theory and international trade theory.
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|  | The Principles of Scientific Management
by Frederick Winslow Taylor
Since its 1911 publication, this influential essay has helped administrators eliminate inefficiency through a system applicable to individual and collective activities. A classic of decision theory and managerial technique.
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| | Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
by Frank H. Knight
This enduring economics text provided the theoretical basis of the entrepreneurial American economy during the post-industrial era. A revolutionary work, it taught the world how to systematically distinguish between risk and uncertainty.
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|  | Robert's Rules Simplified
by Arthur T. Lewis, Henry M. Robert
Who has the floor, and how do you make a motion? What keeps a meeting from collapsing into chaos? This bible of parliamentary procedures transforms complex rules into easy-to-understand basics.
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|  | The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections
by Adam Smith
Milestone of political philosophy and first systematic formulation of classical English economics. Emphasizes concept of labor as only source of wealth, and defines wealth as access to convenience and pleasure.
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