Recommend me books on economics

[oyaji poi]

I found this to be a useful guide for getting into new topics:

http://www.ryanholiday.net/read-to-lead-how-to-digest-books-above-your-level/

 

[MiniCraque]

Speaking of Ron Paul, just came across this in a review for one of the other books a poster mentioned;

“I strongly recommend that every American acquire some basic knowledge of economics, monetary policy, and the intersection of politics with the economy. No formal classroom is required; a desire to read and learn will suffice. There are countless important books to consider, but the following are an excellent starting point: The Law by Fr

 

[Bolshevik***]

To me it looks like you're looking into Finance, not Econ. Few textbooks will give you any overview on financial markets (most of them are overly simplistic in that regard), much less specific stuff like hedge funds.

Pick up any corporate finance textbook, that should give you a good start. Richard Brealey has a very good one.

oh my goodness. :icon_lol:

ts, if you're a n00b in terms of economics, maybe olivier blanchard's (pronounced "oh-leev-yeh blahn-shar) intermediate macroeconomics textbook will give you some good stuff.

mishkin's money and banking textbook is also really good.

 

[Absolute Power]

Watch Free to Choose by Milton Friedman

 

[johnnystone]

What are some of the best? Are the original classics like "Wealth of Nations" still relevant today? Is there a similar contemporary work to that mentioned which is sufficiently broad in scope that could help me get a better handle on the stock markets, the bonds market, hedge funds, etc. ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do you wanna be an investor? trade bonds, stocks, forex?

- A good textbook type book is handbook of finance or handbook of financial instruments both by fabozzi (very detailed and long though)

- Good introduction book on derivatives is Traders, guns and money by Satyajit Das

- Good introduction book on commodities is hot commodities by Jim Rogers

- Good book on stocks are: how to make money in stocks by William o'neill is great, Technical analysis of financial markets by Murphy is all you have to read on technical analysis in my opinion.

 

[Madmick]

I'd PM Jack V. Savage. He tends to destroy anyone who challenges him on economic issues in the WR. I mean utterly destroys.

 

[Troublesome10]

I found this to be a useful guide for getting into new topics:

http://www.ryanholiday.net/read-to-lead-how-to-digest-books-above-your-level/

Good article. I have been more or less working my way toward this type of methodology myself, details in my sig. It really helps to build solid fundamentals in a subject before even attempting to form an opinion.

 

[Troublesome10]

oh my goodness. :icon_lol:

ts, if you're a n00b in terms of economics, maybe olivier blanchard's (pronounced "oh-leev-yeh blahn-shar) intermediate macroeconomics textbook will give you some good stuff.

mishkin's money and banking textbook is also really good.

Thanks, I am a n00b and I will definitely check out all of this material. Appreciate it guys.

 

[Josh]

I've been slowing picking through Wealth of Nations for awhile now. Its a slow, laborious read, but its relevant. Its not like it describes some far off system that looks alien now. It really makes it seem like we've been closely following the same economic track for the last few hundred years.

 

[Ippowned]

You could try to read the wealth of nations, however, as mentioned the language is heavy. Adam Smith's ideas of the invisible hand market are still discussed today, so at least try to read about his school of thought. If you're going down that road to learn economics, also read Keynes, Schumpeter, Friedman and maybe even Marx.

As for financial instruments I just read my corporate finance textbooks.

This book is a great intro to economics and limited liability companies:

http://www.amazon.com/Company-History-Revolutionary-Library-Chronicles/dp/0812972872

 

[Vincent86]

das Kapital

 

[Ippowned]

I might also add Hayek to a list of economists you should read up on. BBC made a series called "masters of money" that are hour-long episodes dedicated to each economist's school of thought. I recommend it.

Also, along the way you should use www.investopedia.com and www.khanacademy.com to look up things you don't understand.

I am 3 months away from getting a bachelor's degree in finance, and I can tell you that understanding statistics is very esential.

 

[BrotherClaudio]

 

[faustian]

A Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics

http://books.google.com/books?id=TPa22fYkDSsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[Jebomepas]

If it hasn't been proposed already - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_(textbook)

Around 800 pages.

 

[Eisenkarl]

I doubt there are many books on Economics.

 

[RTR ATL]

I might also add Hayek to a list of economists you should read up on. BBC made a series called "masters of money" that are hour-long episodes dedicated to each economist's school of thought. I recommend it.

Also, along the way you should use www.investopedia.com and www.khanacademy.com to look up things you don't understand.

I am 3 months away from getting a bachelor's degree in finance, and I can tell you that understanding statistics is very esential.

Congrats, man. This is my first semester out of core classes. I'm pretty excited. Do have any suggestions on how to watch that BBC series? I've had no luck so far finding any of the three episodes.

Edit: Never mind. Found them.

 

[HARRISON_3]

More on investing,but still involving economics.

Good read.

 

[Bob Gray]

A great starting point, or a fine place for further understanding.