Good Books Regarding Economics?

[PokerProdigy]

Anybody out there know of any books on Economics that are good? And if so, what are they and how did you here about them?

P.S. I know this forum is for gambling books, but I didn't know where else to post this, so I went for the closest forum.

[jakethebake]

Kind of a broad subject. Specifically what is your interest?

[Jordan Olsommer]

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Anybody out there know of any books on Economics that are good? And if so, what are they and how did you here about them?

P.S. I know this forum is for gambling books, but I didn't know where else to post this, so I went for the closest forum.

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Freakonomics
Economics in One Lesson

[PokerProdigy]

Are you an Econ major or an Economist?

[PokerProdigy]

Well I've already taken college level classes on Introduction Macro and Micro Economics. So basically anything that I can read having this basic knowledge that will teach me some new things. Basically looking for some interesting and insightful books about Economics and how they apply to some real world issues, etc...

[PokerProdigy]

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Well I've already taken college level classes on Introduction Macro and Micro Economics. So basically anything that I can read having this basic knowledge that will teach me some new things. Basically looking for some interesting and insightful books about Economics and how they apply to some real world issues, etc...

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Whoops, this was supposed to be a reply to jakethebake's question.

[Jordan Olsommer]

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Are you an Econ major or an Economist?

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No sir. I thought about minoring in economics in college, but when I skimmed some of the textbooks and found that most economic theories started with "assume a rational consumer" I thought "well, to hell with that!". [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[PokerProdigy]

Was this awhile ago, because I have never seen anything like "assume a rational consumer." Rather most economic theories today are based on statistics. So I am guessing that you were either in college awhile ago (no offense [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]) or that it was a terrible textbook.

[Jordan Olsommer]

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Was this awhile ago, because I have never seen anything like "assume a rational consumer." Rather most economic theories today are based on statistics. So I am guessing that you were either in college awhile ago (no offense [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]) or that it was a terrible textbook.

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Or option C - it was just a lame joke :P

If you want a good book on economics though, I would say personally stay away from the textbooks; those tend to be for "how can economics help me sell these wicker jumpsuits?" businessmen types. The regular "economics for laymen" type books are worth reading for the enlightening experience youll have when you "get" economics and the free market, etc. I'm convinced that every socialist on the planet can be cured by reading a good layman's work on economics [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[IronDragon1]

Read works by Amartya Sen and Milton Friedman

Two different perspectives on a complex subject=Very good