>>What are some of the issues with Sowell's thinking? Why are you guys against him? >His book is nice, but "basic economics" is retarded. You will learn useful things and also that markets are perfect (since you couldn't study them otherwise), only afterwards can you learn that markets are far from perfect and there is much more to economics than markets. If you are really interested in economics it might be better to begin with Macroeconomics by Mankiw, and follow with Varian for microeconomics, Gruber for public economics etc... The classic by Adam Smith, Ricardo, Keynes, Marshall, ... are also nice but are not easy to read.
Ryan Morris
>know no economics >be communist >take econ 101 >become lolbertarian >take more economics courses >become a keynesian
Julian Barnes
>Go out into real world >Become Talebite
Daniel James
World's biggest pseud
Gabriel Martin
Sowell is Chicago school right?
I've found "Economics in One Lesson" to be a more succinct and convincing overview of Free Market economics
Evan Wood
Indeed he is a pseudo intellectual. He himself rejects the artificial pomp that comes with being labeled an intellectual, and directly admits that in areas outside of probability, he often talks out of his ass.
John Johnson
>leave college classroom and work in finance >become monetarist you'll get there eventually, bub
Owen Reed
>graduate and get job >file taxes >become a Republican
Jaxon Brown
this does a good job of breaking down why socialism will fail
Bentley Edwards
>Mankiw and Varian Bingo. This is also a good an short read.
Why nations fail is a good book. It's not an economics book, but it gives insight.
Joseph Robinson
>The classic by Adam Smith, Ricardo, Keynes, Marshall, ... are also nice but are not easy to read.
Oh come on. These are must reads.
Adam Smith is easy to read. Ricardo is a bit more dense And Keynes is really very difficult to comprehend, I will give you that.
Try reading Keynes with a guide at hand? His General Theory book is very important.
Marshall I do not think you NEED to read, but that is just my opinion.
Henry George is another you DO NEED.
Brandon Taylor
Stay away from Mankiw. >t. economics graduate
Landon Torres
Because he's black
Ethan Sullivan
>Adam Smith is easy to read. The problem is that it really isn't written like a textbook with the facts and points clearly laid out. It reads so easily that you can easily miss some of the stuff he says, and can easily pull out a distorted interpretation from projecting your own ideology on it.
Carter Walker
Read Pareto, Walras, and Neumann.
Jaxson Campbell
Then what do you suggest?
Angel Lee
>Missing the most read and most influential economist ever
John Kelly
>Economist Social idealist
Connor Campbell
Not really. The message laid out is simple: the manufacturing class is out to lower wages so their profits can be higher. The landowners are out to increase rent so they can increase profit
Dominic Gonzalez
Right off your arse.
Jaxon Jenkins
Adam Smith has really let himself go.
Noah Garcia
See, you missed maybe 9/10 of the book.
Ryder Watson
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thank you for having a brain cell
Kevin Thompson
That was two sentences. He covered much more but that first thingI said was literally typed out in the summary of the first book you cretin
Joseph Martinez
wow, both threads proved to be completely retarded on each board.
