| Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum. |
 | | 
11-26-2009, 03:01 AM
|
#1 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
|  Economic Textbooks / Recommended Reads
Hi to all the Econ students on RS! Do you have any good reading material regarding economics? Maybe a book that your prof recommended, your textbook, or something you've came across.
Thanks! 
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
| 
|  | |
11-26-2009, 03:51 AM
|
#2 | | Oh goodie, 5 posts already!
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
Tim Harford - Undercover Economist. You can find a pdf download through google if you look around.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 03:52 AM
|
#3 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 15
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
in terms of textbooks, try anything by krugman or bernanke.
as a magazine, "the economist" surprisingly consists of little actual economics, and instead focuses more on politics, news, and current events. the usual others are fortune, forbes and business week.
and the most interesting, easy-to-understand read for the economics newbie is probably freakonomics and the recently released superfreakonomics.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 04:36 AM
|
#4 | | Raping Captured Dolphins since 2002 on EZ board days
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 6,251
Thanked 658 Times in 191 Posts
Failed 78 Times in 45 Posts
|
Naked economics is one of the best books I have ever read. But don't give me too much credit, I don't read books nor have I fully read any economic textbooks (I just don't buy textbooks) and im in my last semester for my econ degree!
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by asian_XL  apparently, freedom of speech does not exist on RS
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphamale I give a lot of people rim jobs. | My Feedback | |
| | |
11-26-2009, 05:23 AM
|
#5 | | Official Texas Ambassador
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 10,333
Thanked 5,671 Times in 1,324 Posts
Failed 416 Times in 132 Posts
|
This should really be in the Campus Forum
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:08 AM
|
#6 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 5,458
Thanked 3,181 Times in 1,351 Posts
Failed 46 Times in 26 Posts
|
Try the Reluctant Economist by Richard Easterlin. Quite interesting if you're interested in the disparity between the First World and the Third World.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by PeanutButter Damn, not only is yours veiny AF, yours is thick AF too. Yours is twice as thick as mine.. That looks like a 2" or maybe even 3"? | | |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:50 AM
|
#7 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 6,803
Thanked 91 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 17 Times in 6 Posts
|
Do you want to read books to learn about theory, or do you want to read books with applied theory?
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:51 AM
|
#8 | | I don't get it
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 424
Thanked 127 Times in 8 Posts
Failed 1 Time in 1 Post
|
ECONOMICS OF MONEY BANKING & FINANCIAL MARKETS 3RD EDITION
BY: MISHKIN
Nice readings on bonds, stocks, Bank of Canada, and interest rates
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:55 AM
|
#9 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,858
Thanked 2,420 Times in 669 Posts
Failed 530 Times in 136 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by El Bastardo This should really be in the Campus Forum | +1
__________________
2014 Honda Civic Si | |
| | |
11-26-2009, 11:21 AM
|
#10 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: vancouver
Posts: 183
Thanked 143 Times in 23 Posts
Failed 52 Times in 8 Posts
|
Principles of Microeconomics 4th CDN edition - Frank Bernanke
they have colourful graphs and tables
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 05:25 PM
|
#11 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 6,803
Thanked 91 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 17 Times in 6 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by El Bastardo This should really be in the Campus Forum | Why? This topic doesn't really have anything to do with schools. The only possible reference to schools is his address to econ students.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 05:29 PM
|
#12 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by El Bastardo This should really be in the Campus Forum | This is not related to school though.
This is actually for leisure... (yes I'm weird)!
I am asking students and insightful readers because I dun trust the book reviews for "Get Rich 101" or "Rich Dad Poor Dad" on most websites. 
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
Last edited by Gachinto; 11-26-2009 at 08:25 PM.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 08:29 PM
|
#13 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by misteranswer Do you want to read books to learn about theory, or do you want to read books with applied theory? | Hmm... what's the difference?  As you can tell I should prolly start with a noob one.
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 08:44 PM
|
#14 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 6,803
Thanked 91 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 17 Times in 6 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Gachinto Hmm... what's the difference? As you can tell I should prolly start with a noob one. | Well, do you want to know about utility maximization, theories as to why we should and shouldn't have fixed exchange rates, how financial markets work, how firms maximize profits, oligopolies and game theory, and the theoretical reasoning for free trade....buy a text book.
If you want to know why abortion reduced the crime rate, descriptions on how gangs work, or someone explaining to you why the great depression happened, you probably wanna read some applied theory book like freakonomics.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 09:09 PM
|
#15 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by misteranswer Well, do you want to know about utility maximization, theories as to why we should and shouldn't have fixed exchange rates, how financial markets work, how firms maximize profits, oligopolies and game theory, and the theoretical reasoning for free trade....buy a text book.
If you want to know why abortion reduced the crime rate, descriptions on how gangs work, or someone explaining to you why the great depression happened, you probably wanna read some applied theory book like freakonomics. | Applied theories would certainly be more interesting to read; however, for someone who did not have prior knowledge in the field wouldn't it be less appropriate? Many of these theories may be false or simply crazy ideas, hence I'm trying to get opinions which are less commercially bias. Not to say that the textbooks UBC uses are 100% the best. Sometimes it may be beneficial to read new ideas with an open mind too...
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 09:51 PM
|
#16 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 6,803
Thanked 91 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 17 Times in 6 Posts
|
A book like Freakonomics will teach you what you need to know in order to understand it. It's not an academic journal article.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:08 PM
|
#17 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,139
Thanked 4,146 Times in 1,143 Posts
Failed 1,392 Times in 247 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Beilei ECONOMICS OF MONEY BANKING & FINANCIAL MARKETS 3RD EDITION
BY: MISHKIN
Nice readings on bonds, stocks, Bank of Canada, and interest rates | i heard theres a great course based on just that
__________________
I'm so stance my roof rack got a roof rack
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Current
e92 335i 6MT RB Twos Turbos FBO
e90 330i 6MT
Former
e46 330ci 5MT - RIP
uc1 5AT
em2 5MT
db7 5AT - RIP Quote:
Originally Posted by toyota86 the guys over at lambo vancouver said there are 60-70 pre-orders already. don't quote me though. | | |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:18 PM
|
#18 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: FL400
Posts: 5,866
Thanked 3,092 Times in 1,038 Posts
Failed 553 Times in 157 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Beilei ECONOMICS OF MONEY BANKING & FINANCIAL MARKETS 3RD EDITION
BY: MISHKIN
Nice readings on bonds, stocks, Bank of Canada, and interest rates | Mishkin +1
Prof. Newman (UBC) has a love/hate relationship with the guy lawl Quote:
Originally Posted by The_AK i heard theres a great course based on just that | Yea, at UBC It's ECON 345
If you would like to read something about Economic history of Europe I highly recommend "A Farewell to Alms" by Gregory Clark.
__________________
Where the hell am I
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:48 PM
|
#19 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRaySta Tim Harford - Undercover Economist. You can find a pdf download through google if you look around. | I couldn't find it.  I thought I was reading it on google but it's a review. Quote:
Originally Posted by dr.faustus in terms of textbooks, try anything by krugman or bernanke.
as a magazine, "the economist" surprisingly consists of little actual economics, and instead focuses more on politics, news, and current events. the usual others are fortune, forbes and business week.
and the most interesting, easy-to-understand read for the economics newbie is probably freakonomics and the recently released superfreakonomics. | I've seen Freakonomics, ranked way up on Amazon!
Economics and Politics are like Knife and Fork; actually more like chopsticks. Quote:
Originally Posted by Beilei ECONOMICS OF MONEY BANKING & FINANCIAL MARKETS 3RD EDITION
BY: MISHKIN
Nice readings on bonds, stocks, Bank of Canada, and interest rates | Thank I will definitely look into that when it's more in my league.
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 10:56 PM
|
#20 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 6,803
Thanked 91 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 17 Times in 6 Posts
|
Mishkin is pretty basic text book on banking.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 11:10 PM
|
#21 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: V
Posts: 7,849
Thanked 656 Times in 326 Posts
Failed 190 Times in 91 Posts
|
i am doing a masters in economics right now.
there are a lot of books to read, depending what you are interested.
if you have no background in economics, i would suggest just picking up a principles textbook in Macro and Micro. Mankiw is fairly easy to understand.
for intermediate level, if you are into simple math, then take a look at Varian's undergrad text.
if you are in the graduate level for real formal studies, the most popular textbooks for SFU would be
1. Varian - Micro
2. Greene - Econometrics (statistics, you need it to do any empirical work)
3. I don't know what book I use for Macro
to understand the above books, you need to be very good at math.
reading newspaper articles and books don't really help in understanding what's going on in the most basic side of things.
if you want to read real articles, i suggest you reading real empirical work written by universities.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 11:15 PM
|
#22 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 200
Thanked 60 Times in 20 Posts
Failed 13 Times in 3 Posts
|
One good book assigned in a graduate seminar I took was called Worldly Philosophers by Heilbroner. http://www.amazon.com/Worldly-Philos.../dp/068486214X
As someone with zero economics background, I found this book to be very helpful in understanding the development of economic theory. This is not so much a theory of economiccs book, but more of a historical development... but very helpful nonetheless.
| |
| | |
11-26-2009, 11:49 PM
|
#23 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 6,803
Thanked 91 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 17 Times in 6 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by TRDood 3. I don't know what book I use for Macro | Advanced Macro by Romer.
Personally wasn't a big fan of it, but it was sufficient.
| |
| | |
11-27-2009, 01:42 AM
|
#24 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by misteranswer Mishkin is pretty basic text book on banking. | Oh okay! Quote:
Originally Posted by TRDood i am doing a masters in economics right now.
there are a lot of books to read, depending what you are interested.
if you have no background in economics, i would suggest just picking up a principles textbook in Macro and Micro. Mankiw is fairly easy to understand.
for intermediate level, if you are into simple math, then take a look at Varian's undergrad text.
if you are in the graduate level for real formal studies, the most popular textbooks for SFU would be
1. Varian - Micro
2. Greene - Econometrics (statistics, you need it to do any empirical work)
3. I don't know what book I use for Macro
to understand the above books, you need to be very good at math.
reading newspaper articles and books don't really help in understanding what's going on in the most basic side of things.
if you want to read real articles, i suggest you reading real empirical work written by universities. | Well I'm in the middle of a design degree, so I can't really afford the time and money to study economics. I don't even think I can do grad school in economics or something since design/architecture is totally unrelated (academically). Quote:
Originally Posted by chunk_stir One good book assigned in a graduate seminar I took was called Worldly Philosophers by Heilbroner. http://www.amazon.com/Worldly-Philos.../dp/068486214X
As someone with zero economics background, I found this book to be very helpful in understanding the development of economic theory. This is not so much a theory of economiccs book, but more of a historical development... but very helpful nonetheless. | Philosophy sounds like my kind of read! Thx.
So... where should I get these books? Would be nice if I can find them at library, probably not the textbooks tho. It is cheaper to get it from Amazon or from UBC/SFU bookstore? I can get my buddies to get it for me.
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
| |
| | |
11-27-2009, 02:09 AM
|
#25 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,608
Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 3 Posts
|
DUPLICATED
__________________
"Be water, my friend." (Bruce Lee)
"I would complain about severe understeer and they would show me how it was me, the nut behind the wheel that caused the understeer." (Alex Chiu - Director of Velocity Driver Development)
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but it is the most exciting way" (Keiichi Tsuchiya - Drift King)
"With chocolate, you know what you're gonna get and I can't always be delicious."
| |
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:11 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
