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Despite the number of economics classes I've taken, I feel like my understanding of many topics is tragically inadequate.
Perhaps a good starting point is just some gold ole textbooks. If you've taken an economics class recently, could you kindly post
Name of textbook
Author(s)
Level
Topic(s)
A brief comment or two
For level, use either Introductory, Intermediate, or Advanced.
Introductory - high school AP class, econ 100/101
Intermediate - classes for econ majors
Advanced - graduate level text
For example:
Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies
McConnell, Brue
Introductory
Micro/Macro
Decent standard introduction to econ
Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions
Nicholson, Snyder
Intermediate
Micro
Lots of math, relatively rigorous approach to micro theory
[edit] Anything is good, but especially more applicable macro stuff, less rigorous math stuff
Thanks
 
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Wow it just occured to me that the branches of economics are the same as the branches of multitasking. I took econ200 years ago but all I remember offhand is that the book was written by like Mankew or something.
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Read history too, it will probably help with your understanding.
Also, you are probably looking for a single good book to study, but there are also plenty of economics books you can get in pdf form if you are interested.
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history books are so fun to read.
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Economics - 7th Edition by Roger A Arnold
that's the best econ book I've read, and I've looked at about 4-5 econ textbooks, I really loved this one.
ps what level of econ are you talking about? are you talking about basic principles and concepts, or more advanced calc-based econ? like microecon / macroecon theory?
this book is all basic econ principles, but it's very good and fairly detailed.
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On June 14 2008 01:57 XCetron wrote:
history books are so fun to read.
IM NOT THE ONLY ONE
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i like mankiw
hes really good at explaining concepts for introductory courses imo
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if you want to make econ understanable, don't look for textbooks. get Baron's AP macro/micro book. it's a whole lot thinner, and gets you the core concepts, while still being challenging.
my econ teacher was a doofus and i was cnofused the whole year. i spent 2 days before the ap exams doing the macro section of the book, and everything was REALLY WAYYY simplified. it really isn't hard. it's just the barrage of unfamiliar terms that confuses students, while teachers dno't make enough of an effort to explain what these terms mean in real life, instead of defining them with each other.
BARON's Macro/Micro AP book. even i ur not taking the ap test and just want to boost your understanding. it's all you need. good luck.
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Stay away from Nicholson, that book's absolutely useless.
I actually learned a lot more from Tim Harford's The Undercover Economist, which takes introductory economic principles and applies them to the real world, than I did from most of my econ classes. And certainly more than any textbook.
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