Good books on economics?

Good books on economics?

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Pic related. Don't listen to the naysayers who call him a Keynesian and never read him. He's made it clear that he's not a disciple of Keynes. His primary focus is on economic development, and rather than following any Marxian or neoclassical dogmas he simply looks at examples throughout history, breaks them down, and determines which policies have worked and which haven't. If he's called heterodox or radical it's only because economics when viewed through an historical lens doesn't conform to any of the mainstream doctrines.

Ha-Joon Chang is an excellent economist.

>Chang's contribution to heterodox economics started while studying under Robert Rowthorn, a leading British Marxist economist
Yeah, he's a retard

teens out

>"Free markets is an illusion"
>Because there is always restrictions from government
>Therefore the push for it is invalid
Chang is a fucking moron and you should be shot for even mentioning him in a positive light

Sowell's minions are out in full force tonight. You guys should really read Chang's work for yourselves.

reading is for gaylords

This is pretty good.

Read IQ and the Wealth of Nation by Lynn
And the The Bell Curve to understand what the most important esoteric truth about wealth

the economist doesn't like this so it must be at least partially correct

Not an argument

Kapital

>using 'esoteric' like that
BEGONE THOT

The Worldly Philosophers to understand the history of the discipline.

Capital by Marx

Imperialism by Hobson

“Political Aspects of Full Employment” by Kalecki

Capitalism by Anwar Shaikh

Carl Menger.
Bertrand de Jouvenel.
Main Currents in Sociological Thought: Durkheim, Pareto, Weber.
Main Currents of Marxism.
The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, And the Radical Remaking of Economics.
A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy. (If you really wanna get going.)
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.
Advanced Macroeconomics. David Romer.


I guess what you should read is.
Political Economy: An Introductory Text. By Edmund S. Phelps.
And then: On Politics by Alan Ryan. (It's really dense, but it has everything since the greeks).
Or . . . "The Origins of Political Order"; 1 & 2.
Haven't read those 2, yet.

Thomas Sowell is great
AND Chang is great

But no one has mentioned Peter Schiff. RTead his books

he is norwegian
i am norwegian
ill have to check this out
whats good about it? maybe a poorly phrased question, but still. why do you recommend it?

Nor was it intended to be. No one I responded to made arguments.

That serfdom book

Doesn't really make sense outside the context of the 1940s desu

yea it does
it essentially has the same argument that Thomas Paine made, or that the contemporary "Why Nations Fail" makes. Too much concentration of power is the road back to serfdom. Its a damn good book, and recommended for everyone. Nout outdated at all

Economics is literally the most boring thing there is holy shit

>he hasen't read about metaphysics

Ha-Joon Chang is a fucking hack

>Economics books
>Anything author left wing of socdem
Hello retard

Why Nations Fail

Not an argument.

you're moms not and argumet lol

this man knows

The free markets meme is pretty prevalent right now on this website. I lean capitalistic but it should at the very least make you aware of a nation states pull on why and how it becomes successful.

Unironically this

Lol, capital isn't good for understanding economics. You must read 1 page 3 times for understand and there are 4000 pages

I bet you work at a fast food chain too.

The audiobook of this is godly.

one of those books are made by a lefty
all others are by diehard Marx haters

Is there any author who non-ironically tackle things like race, social cohesion and others as a primary reason for economic growth?

Everything by Sowell.

>Hive Mind: How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
>Race Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?
>The Economics and Politics of Race (And like a third of Sowell's books deal with this subject.)
>Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era
These three pretty much talk about the same thing.
>Intelligence and Human Progress: The Story of What Was Hidden in Our Genes
>IQ and the Wealth of Nations
>Why Race Matters

I'd say "IQ and the Wealth of Nations", and, "Why Race Matters". Going by how specific your question is.
Plus Sowell likes to nitpick and strawman. At least at first glance. But just read the news; these retarded politics, idiot liberals., etc. And you begin to see how Sowell actually downplays how retarded things are.

This is an excellent book, in addition to Ha-Joon Chang's books. Think the preface to the newer edition is available online in PDF somewhere.

Really, a criminally underrated read.

Freakonomics - Levitt
Economics In One Lesson - Hazlitt
Why an Economy Grows And Why It Doesn't - Schiff (Erwin & Peter are both good. Peter has a spiritual sequel book with a similar title)
Wealth Of Nations - Smith
Das Kapital - Marx
Currently reading Road to Serfdom by Hayek and it's bretty good

It is a good piece indeed, user. Problem is, it's much more of a political science book than an economics book. And Hayek has a lot of good work in economics.

>pop science

I bet you feel smart after reading something like this.

Why Race Matters hits on economic matters really tangentially

It's my undergrad and eventual PhD

Very good list, user. Nice to see someone who reads opinions from both sides. I'd like to add:

Capitalism and Freedom - Friedman
Capital in the 20th century - Piketty
A tiger by the tail - Hayek
Denationalisation of money - Hayek

>good institutions are good, bad institutions are bad
not exactly revolutionary tbqh

also "understanding human history" and
lagriffedulion.f2s.com/sft.htm

Piketty is a bit of a meme, most of what he said has now turned out to be bollocks and everybody is a bit embarrassed about it

...

>Piketty is a bit of a meme
I agree, but it's a common view among the left, and growing disparities is something that many people talk about nowadays. I don't have a problem with disparities, just poverty.

I agree, the left have taken it up because it suits their argument but there were some serious flaws in the book, which I think Piketty has now admitted. It's also far too long and very dull, as far as I can remember.

agree with all except freakonomics, honestly. freakonomics is hardly an economics books. its more just.... baby-statistics

not a bad book, by any means, but i wouldnt reocmmend it to anyone interested in economics

some suggestions of my own:

>Why Nations Fail
>Give Me a Break, by John Stossel. It looks shit, but its legit. Quick read. Libertarianism 101

im leaning towards reading this, especially since the author is norwegian & i am too

can someone tell me a bit about the book? whats good about it?

>most of what he said has now turned out to be bollocks
Can you expand on this / provide sources? I thought all that he was saying was based on widely-available datasets so I don't see that there can be much to dispute there, except perhaps in the last chapter where he tries to draw political conclusions.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century#Criticism
TLDR
>potentially dodgy data (especially pre-1900)
>lack of empirical support
>faulty analysis

To be honest I think I got bored about halfway through and stopped reading but the book has been pretty roundly criticised from all sides and nobody really talks about it any more. Most people are more worried about cultural/social inequality than economic inequality now (eg. Murray, Putnam).

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