Good book for economics

Re:Good book for economics by dfens on Saturday May 03, 2008 @11:50PM (#180633)

I highly recommend Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. The title is not very imaginative but I found it a great place to start before looking at more complicated concepts.

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-2nd-Ed-Citizens/dp/046...

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Re:Good book for economics by elidourado on Sunday May 04, 2008 @12:46PM (#180861)

Current econ PhD student here. Sowell is great. There's a 3rd edition out now.

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-3rd-Ed-Economy/dp/0465...

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Re:Good book for economics by dangrover on Sunday May 04, 2008 @02:25AM (#180681)

I second this recommendation. I learned a lot about economics from this book...and felt my liberal latte-drinking hippy self shifting a good deal towards the right :).

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Re:Good book for economics by petercooper on Sunday May 04, 2008 @02:31AM (#180682)

Thirded. I would also recommend Economics for Dummies. Sure, it's a "For Dummies" book but it actually goes into quite a bit of detail and gives good visual / graph based explanations for things that Sowell covers more verbally.

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Re:Good book for economics by ovi256 on Sunday May 04, 2008 @05:40PM (#180992)

For those who want a taste: www.altfeldinc.com/pdfs/BASICECONOMICS.pdf

Not the complete book though.

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