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| ''Economics'' || Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus || ISBN 978-0073511290, [http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Paul-Samuelson/dp/0073511293/ Amazon] || || The book is reasonable, but perhaps somewhat outdated. It used to be the standard text before Mankiw came along. | | ''Economics'' || Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus || ISBN 978-0073511290, [http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Paul-Samuelson/dp/0073511293/ Amazon] || || The book is reasonable, but perhaps somewhat outdated. It used to be the standard text before Mankiw came along. | ||
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| ''Modern Principles of Economics'' || Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok || ISBN 978-1429202275, [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Principles-Economics-Tyler-Cowen/dp/1429202270 Amazon] || || ~$200-250 || A fairly good but nonstandard text. | |||
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This page provides subject-specific learning recommendations for the subject economics. See all our learning recommendations pages |
Books for learning
Textbook-style books
| Book | Author | ISBN and purchase links | Price estimate | Why we're recommending it and who we're recommending it for | |
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| Introduction to Economics | Preston McAfee and Tracy Smith | ISBN 160049000X, book website | free | In addition to being freely available online, the book has also been highly recommended in a LessWrong thread on the best economics books. It covers all the standard economics topics quite well, and also includes some unusual topics. | |
| Principles of Economics | N. Gregory Mankiw | ISBN 978-1285165875, Amazon hardcover | $250-300 (buy), $75-100 (rent) | The book is a fairly good introduction to economics. Parts of the book have also been published as separate books (microeconomics and macroeconomics). The main drawback is the high price -- if you are able to get a cheap used version, it would be worthwhile. The microeconomics part was highly recommended in a LessWrong thread on the best economics books. | |
| Price theory and applications | Steven E. Landsburg | ISBN 978-0324579932, Amazon hardcover | This is considerably cheaper than Mankiw, and not to different in quality, but is a less standard text. | ||
| Economics | Paul Krugman and Robin Wells | ISBN 978-0716771586, Amazon | We don't have inside information on this book. | ||
| Economics | Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus | ISBN 978-0073511290, Amazon | The book is reasonable, but perhaps somewhat outdated. It used to be the standard text before Mankiw came along. | ||
| Modern Principles of Economics | Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok | ISBN 978-1429202275, Amazon | ~$200-250 | A fairly good but nonstandard text. |
Books for learning by casual reading
See our economics reading recommendations page. The page also lists good blogs to follow.
Video recommendations
- Economics Classroom by Jodi Beggs. This is free.
- Thinkwell's video course on economics (~$150): This is very good, better than Jodi Beggs, but costly.