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jahenfr

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Nice book to Read
« on: September 27, 2009, 18:39:29 PM »
I want to know what is the nice economics book that i must read now...

i have had read freakonomics, undercover economist, the roaring nineties, economic naturalist...

and i want know, what is the other book that i must read..

thanks for your advise...

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Re: Nice book to Read
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 22:29:13 PM »
I want to know what is the nice economics book that i must read now...

i have had read freakonomics, undercover economist, the roaring nineties, economic naturalist...

and i want know, what is the other book that i must read..

thanks for your advise...

Hi jahenfr, welcome to economicate.

I'm not sure what your specific interests are, but I'll go ahead and suggest Adam Smith - A Primer as a great general read. Smith is very much seen as the 'starting point' for economics as a recognised discipline, and the primer is a great resource for anyone who'd like to understand those origins without necessarily going through his original works.

I've made that as a very general suggestion, though: if you want, you could give us some more specific ideas about what you're interested in and we'll try to tailor a suggestion just for you!

All the best,
James

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Re: Nice book to Read
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2009, 17:19:41 PM »
Hi James,

i like to read book that explain the behavioral economics. All thing that can explained by economics... i also want to improve my knowledge with the same book like Economic Gangsters, by Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel... all about economics around us... and sorry because my english was not so good.. (i'll try to improve my writing to..... :-D)

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Re: Nice book to Read
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2009, 09:41:46 AM »
There are some really good Micro books out there. Anything by Tim Harford (Undercover Economist) or Steven E. Landsburg (More Sex is Safer Sex and The Armchair Economist) are brilliant reads. They cover a lot of ground about microeconomics and its applications and would be very good for behavioural economics. They really help you understand how people think. Anything about the current economic crisis will be worth a look over as well, I'm having a peak at Krugman's book on the Financial crisis. Hope that helps. Also if you have the time, the Wealth of Nations isn't a bad shout there is a really interesting chapter on the division of labour and self defence of a nation! :)
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