Start with high-confidence economic trends books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
The 10 Rules of Successful Nations
Ruchir Sharma
End the Fed
Ron Paul
Adrift
Scott Galloway
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich, Sara Bershtel
The World's Worst Bet
David J Lynch
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
Tim Harford
The Genius of Israel
Dan Senor, Saul Singer