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“Agency Problem” as a book category gathers works that examine principal–agent conflicts—when those who own or depend on an enterprise (principals) must rely on others (agents) to act on their behalf, but incentives, information, and risk preferences diverge. It spans rigorous texts in economics, law, and management on moral hazard, adverse selection, executive compensation, and corporate governance; case studies of boardroom battles, financial scandals, and public-sector oversight; and narrative nonfiction or fiction that dramatizes misaligned loyalties and hidden actions. These books probe how contracts, monitoring, culture, regulation, and transparency can mitigate or worsen such conflicts across business, politics, healthcare, nonprofits, and everyday professional relationships. Readers can expect discussions of fiduciary duty, performance measurement, whistleblowing, corruption, and incentive design, along with practical frameworks for aligning interests and designing institutions that curb opportunism. Distinct from works on personal autonomy, this category centers on structural dilemmas that arise whenever one party must trust another to act in their interest.

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