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Don't read the mishkin book. Fucking useless and stupid.
Heilbroner's Worldly philosopher is good for a historical understand of the background of economics and invariably some political ideas as well.
Instead of mishkin, Paul Krugman & Obstfeld text called "International Economics: Theory and Policy" is MUCH MUCH better.
Edit: Oh btw, save for a few interesting facts that freakenomics brought up, the books was pretty shitty, imo. But it might appeal to the bigger crowd who enjoy being entertained by small things.
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For a light-hearted read on economics, I would suggest Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics by P.J. O'Rourke.
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11-27-2009, 11:39 AM
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Wickinomics and Freakonomics.
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11-27-2009, 05:42 PM
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I just got back from Chapters. I've decided to start with a light read with conceptual stuff that may be less practical. First book I searched for was Freakonomics, then I found Tim Harfod's The Logic of Life and Dear Undercover Economist. I was looking for The Undercover Economist but that was not the same book, so I've omitted that, and left with Freakonomics and The Logic of Life. I came across The Logic of Life from research, although Freakonomics seemed more hyped up. I looked deeper into both books.
Freakonomics was from a columnist from New York Times and an awarded economist. It is New York Times bestseller. Of course it was, they published it.
The Logic of Life was written by a columnist for a lot of econ journal. He was apparent a tutor for econ in Oxford too; not a prof. His book does however has a bunch of recognition from authors, publishers, "Nobel Laureate in Economics".
At the end I chose The Logic of Life as the first book to start off with. I may try to dl Freakonomics later. Since it is so hyped up there must be torrent somewhere. I may go into another one of these or jump into a textbook that is a little more "developed".
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11-27-2009, 05:58 PM
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There really are tons of books with "get rich" on title! The only person getting rich is the publishers LOL.
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11-28-2009, 01:43 AM
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you got to realize. economics has nothing to do with "getting rich"
finance would be a better route if you are into that. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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Originally Posted by TRDood you got to realize. economics has nothing to do with "getting rich"
finance would be a better route if you are into that. Posted via RS Mobile | finance is a branch of economics.
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11-28-2009, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by TRDood you got to realize. economics has nothing to do with "getting rich"
finance would be a better route if you are into that. Posted via RS Mobile | No no I'm just saying there are lots of books like that! Scams.
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a good book to read for economic history is "world of philosophers". i believe thats the books title. it goes over history, macro economics, societies. its a good intro to economics.
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Originally Posted by m!chael I'm taking Econ 345 right now and Newman does nothing but rip on Mishkin. He's got some good points too | Is it that bad?
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11-29-2009, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by TRDood you got to realize. economics has nothing to do with "getting rich"
finance would be a better route if you are into that. Posted via RS Mobile | I don't know about that....
depending on your definition of economics, and assuming the definition of economics desired to be discussed in this thread I would say economics has everything to do with getting rich.
It's all about whether or not you are able to apply and identify economic variables before others which is what gets you "rich".
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