Economic books

T Corolla

I looking for some good books on Economics any popular editions I can get my hands on not internet sites as I do'nt have internet access at home thanks again

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Mankiw - Principles of Economics

Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations

Marx - Capital

Keynes - General Theory of Empoyment, Interest & Money

Amartya Sen - On Ethics & Economics

Milton Friedman - Selected Papers on Economics

Ha-Joon Chang - Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

There's just a few to give you an idea of what to look for, amazon is a good place to browse.

T Corolla

Thank you very much

Time Magazine

I think that's a bad list. Nobody is going to read all of Capital or the General Theory unless they have a serious interest in the history of economic thought.

OP, if you want to read to learn economics (the discipline) then Mankiw would be a good start. That won't teach you anything about current affairs/NAMA etc though. For that kind of thing, your best bet is to read stuff by people like Thomas Friedman, Tim Harford etc.

sponsoredwalk

Time Magazine wrote: »

I think that's a bad list. Nobody is going to read all of Capital or the General Theory unless they have a serious interest in the history of economic thought.

OP, if you want to read to learn economics (the discipline) then Mankiw would be a good start. That won't teach you anything about current affairs/NAMA etc though. For that kind of thing, your best bet is to read stuff by people like Thomas Friedman, Tim Harford etc.

There's a reason why I didn't mention Thomas Friedman.
Also, didn't I say that these were to give the OP an idea of what to look for...?

Time Magazine

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

There's a reason why I didn't mention Thomas Friedman.
Also, didn't I say that these were to give the OP an idea of what to look for...?

Sure, and I gave my thoughts on the idea.

noodler

Time Magazine wrote: »

I think that's a bad list. Nobody is going to read all of Capital or the General Theory unless they have a serious interest in the history of economic thought.

OP, if you want to read to learn economics (the discipline) then Mankiw would be a good start. That won't teach you anything about current affairs/NAMA etc though. For that kind of thing, your best bet is to read stuff by people like Thomas Friedman, Tim Harford etc.

Specifically,I would reccommend his intermediate book. Excellent textbook, had it in the second year of my undergrad and was one of the few I found useful.

Anonymous1987

If you want light reading and pop-econ books I would recommend

Animal spirits by Akerlof and Shiller which offers an interpretation of the current crisis.

Globalisation and its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz which critiques the IMF and WTO from a former economist at the World Bank.

Freakonomics by Levitt which applies economics to areas where you would not usually associate economics with.

You could probably get any one of these for €10 in paperback

BESman

The Da Vinci Code

Twilight

Atlas Shrugged

Black Beauty

Anonymous1987

I assume the OP has no knowledge of economics and is looking for something that is accessible and gives a simplified overview of economics in practice. I could be wrong but I doubt the OP is looking for a textbook or some outdated political economy book written in ye olde English.

Maybe the OP would like to elaborate what they are looking for? Are you looking for books about current affairs, popular economics, an economics textbook or something in between?

noodler

Anonymous1987 wrote: »

@BESman

I assume the OP has no knowledge of economics and is looking for something that is accessible and gives a simplified overview of economics in practice. I could be wrong but I doubt the OP is looking for a textbook or some outdated political economy book written in ye olde English.

Maybe the OP would like to elaborate what they are looking for? Are you looking for books about current affairs, popular economics, an economics textbook or something in between?

Was he not joking about the Da Vinci Code?

Anonymous1987

noodler wrote: »

Was he not joking about the Da Vinci Code?

I took the post to be in reference to the pop-econ books I listed despite the authors of the first two being Nobel laureates in Economics.

noodler

Anonymous1987 wrote: »

I took the post to be in reference to the pop-econ books I listed despite the authors of the first two being Nobel laureates in Economics.

I see.

Yeah I'd side with Besman then.

A beginners macro book would be a great place to start in my opinion.

Freakonomics (for example) is a great book but I don't think it gives the kind of overview you would want or need starting off

Anonymous1987

Fair enough, depends if the OP wants to educate himself with a textbook or just some casual reading on the subject.

T Corolla

I know nothing about economics and want to learn the basics for myself.
Thanks folks for your help

BESman

T Corolla wrote: »

I know nothing about economics and want to learn the basics for myself.
Thanks folks for your help

Mankiw is your man then. Its the textbook used for almost every introductory course in undergrad economics in universities all over the world. The book used for the Leaving Certificate by Denis O'Grady is very good too and it gives you an Irish perspective as well.