BEST BOOKS ON ECONOMICS?

"International Economics: Theory and Policy" by Krugman

Ignore Krugman's bias, if you follow Neo-Keynesian economics Trump is right on the money

Das Kapital - Karl Marx
Fpbp, beat me to it

Curious George Goes to the Bank

International Economics is about trade theory, not business cycle macroeconomics.

What do you start off with?

Basic economics by Thomas Sowell

First of all, you need to develop strong foundation in labor economics. I don't know what the best labor economics textbooks are.

Any undergraduate microeconomics textbook is better than "Basic Economics".

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Is this something you say because you happen to hate Sowell's ideology or because the book had genuine problems?

I bet a little from a and b

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As the title of book suggests, it's too basic. Even if you don't understand much math, you're better off reading an undergraduate micro textbook. If you do understand math, you're better off reading a graduate level micro textbook.

His view isn't really a minority viewpoint at all, his views are fairly in line with what's taught in neoclassical theory. Even if his views are a minority, truth isn't a democracy, it's facts which dictate what is and isn't true, not by how many people are pushing a narrative.

Here's some absolutely basic stuff on labor econ.
web.uvic.ca/~hschuetz/econ370/hndout1.pdf

what if economic questions are not empirical questions?

My understanding of the book is that its aim is to be a popular introduction giving a broad overview which you're not going to get into a micro introductory textbook, the goal of which is the provide the foundation for later, more technical studies.

I would still recommend basic economics as a first reading and a micro textbook as a follow up reading.

Can approve. However it's not a nice read in terms of enjoyment. This is hard microeconomic teaching.

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I don't think a questions in a certain profession have to be wholly one or the other. While it's true a lot of economics is built upon assumptions and theories it still holds a lot of empiricism. Particularly with the case of labor econ, a lot of principles and methods developed by observing natural experiments.

Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell

It's just like asking: "best book ok Biology?"
Economics has a lot of branches, I suggest you to stay away from the most simplistic macroeconomic models because they're basically snake oil.
The academic debate is furious for the most part and basically any major theory is flawed and largely based on assumptions.

My understanding is that micro is much more solid than macro.

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Yes micro is mostly a good predictor because it is based on real world numbers.
Marginal costs, average costs, consumer surpluses can be all calculated with a relatively good confidence rate. Industrial economics is a very interesting branch of economics which studies markets and industries and their respective imperfections.
I suggest you to take a look, I found the subject very interesting.

Economics in One Lesson (I don't like the tone of the book but whatever)

An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (a good grand tour)

Boring subject overall, enjoy.

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Democracy: The God That Failed

The Economics and Ethics of Private Property

Gold, Peace, and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

Property, Freedom, and Society

Thank you for your recommendations.
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Is this legit?

Bet you didn't read it.

Based on principles before or after the dollar no longer backed by gold since the '70s?

>I don't think a questions in a certain profession have to be wholly one or the other.

Not up to you honestly. It either is or not.

>While it's true a lot of economics is built upon assumptions and theories it still holds a lot of empiricism.

Well you can collect statistics on the past but nothing about what is occurring in reality. The fact that people try to apply empiricism to economic matters does not make it proper to the question of economic propositions.

>Particularly with the case of labor econ, a lot of principles and methods developed by observing natural experiments.

Well that's the thing. The data collected and the experiments do not conform to proper empiricism. What do I mean by this? Well empirical data requires certain property to be relevant.

For one, experiments require reproducibility. Now ill have to stop there because of RL shit. but to make it quick, psychology has the same issues with empiricism because humans lack constancy because of changing inputs and evolving behavior`s

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