Can anyone recommend a good book of basic economics? nm

[rhett o rick]

[dipsydoodle]

1. Lipsey ?

Or maybe this : Economics For Dummies http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0470879483/?tag=hydra0b-21&hvadid=9550946829&ref=asc_df_0470879483

Those dummy books are pretty good on most subjects.

[al_liberal]

2. What are you looking to learn?

Macro? Micro? History? All of the above? It's been quite some time since I was an undergrad but "New Ideas from Dead Economists" by Todd Buchholz was a good place to start if I remember correctly.


[link:http://www.amazon.com/New-Ideas-Dead-Economists-Introduction/dp/0452288444|

[rhett o rick]

4. I dont know enough to know what I need to know. Thanks for the recommendation. nm

[rhett o rick]

13. I looked into your recommendation "New Ideas from Dead Economists".

And I got a copy out of the library and going to give it a shot. But I hope the author isnt a "supply sider".
This is what wiki has to say, "his first book New Ideas from Dead Economists is listed as a “classic” by the American Economic Association. It has been strongly endorsed by such varied thinkers as Milton Friedman and Lawrence Summers."

[pscot]

3. Samuelson; Econ 101

Four million copies sold. The standard basic econ text for 2 generation. You could do a lot worse.

[mbperrin]

7. Yes, I broke in on Samuelson in the early 70s at A&M.

Good, solid, non-ideological.

[mbperrin]

8. Ten bucks or a little less including shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0070579474/ref=sr_1_2_up_1_main_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365631866&sr=1-2&condition=used

[rhett o rick]

9. Thanks. nm

[applegrove]

5. The Economist Magazine is a great take on world economics.

[chknltl]

6. "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann

Likely much more than what you asked but the basics are in it. Many if not most of Thom's numerous books have components of economics in them. Thom is a great teacher of American political history, economics are strongly entertwined in the majority of his 'lessons'. His daily radio show is recommended too.

[rhett o rick]

10. I am a big Hartmann fan. I miss him on the radio since Seattle lost it's progressive station

to a third sports station. I have a number of his books including "Screwed". I guess I didnt think of it as providing basic economics.

[chknltl]

12. If the signal is strong enough try AM 1180 out of Tacoma.

They are trying out new formats. Currently we have Stephanie Miller from 7-10am, a local show till noon, a right winger named Dennis Miller from noon to 4, Thom Hartmann from 4–7 and back to another right winger Jim Bohannon which repeats all night. On Saturdays is a mixed bag of local stuff with Ring Of Fire on in tthe late afternoon. Sunday is all religion. This format is in flux so expect changes. Good luck n I hope you can get this up In Seattle.

[PDJane]

11. I have a few.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

The Theory of the Leisure Class

The Wealth of Nations, the original capitalist primer. It's worth reading; it has been maligned and used, like the bible, to support things it didn't support!

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes

Austerity, the history of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Blyth

and, as an adjunct,

Willful Blindness by Margaret Hefferman, which has an interesting take on the last bank failure.

[rhett o rick]

14. Thank you for those recommendations. nm

[PDJane]

15. you're welcome; they are books I read when starting to try to understand the mess we're in!

[Benton D Struckcheon]

16. Fantastic list

Haven't read Austerity yet, as it just came out, but the others are good.
One addition: The Big Short, don't remember the author off the top of my head, but he was the one who wrote Liar's Poker. Matter of fact, I'd recommend reading Liar's Poker first, then The Big Short immediately after. The first has the start of the housing thing with the start of the securitization of mortgages, the second has the end of it, with the CDOs that repackaged these already packaged mortgages into still more complex structures that of course then wound up crashing and taking the entire global economy down with them.