Re:Ask HN: What are the best Economics online courses?
by pure_vida on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:42PM
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Ok well i'll recommend a few books that are more science and less popsci to start...but there are so many sub-genres underneath each that the list could go on.
System-based econ books tend to be more complex/science than behavioral. I've recommended a couple favorites: technological revolutions & financial capital by carlota perez (a personal favorite), innovator's dilemma (touches on and tests fundamental econ principles), etc.
Behavioral econ has typically skewed more pop sci but a few good ones that are a bit more academically rigorous are: thinking fast and slow, most of hymen minskey's books, irrational exuberance, on grand strategy, most books on game theory, etc.
Any thoughts on resources in that direction? I’m not as much interested in the math as the abstractions around it (though I wouldn’t be against digging into the math on occasion)