Economics Book!?

Question

I am an American; I do not understand the inner workings of the United States Economy or the Worldwide Economy. I would like to further my understanding about the two. Can any of you recommend to me a good book for a complete beginner that would help me to better understand economics?

Thank you

Answer 1

YES!!

The book is:

"International Economics" by Thomas Pugel (2006) 13th Edition

This is the HOLY BIBLE of all my economics books because it tells about TARIFFS, CROP SUBSIDIES, CAUSE & EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS, and is a STRONG reference guide for whats going on in the world. I have a copy of it and you can buy it cheap from eBay from this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/International-Econom...

-Jerry, University of South Florida, Economics Major

Answer 2

Economics: A New Introduction

Author: Hugh Stretton

Price: $55

Publisher: University of NSW Press



Debunking Economics

Author: Steve Keen

Price: $38-95

Publisher: Pluto Press





Economics: A New Introduction

Author: Hugh Stretton

Price: $55

Publisher: University of NSW Press



Debunking Economics

Author: Steve Keen

Price: $38-95

Publisher: Pluto Press





Economics: A New Introduction

Author: Hugh Stretton

Price: $55

Publisher: University of NSW Press



Debunking Economics

Author: Steve Keen

Price: $38-95

Publisher: Pluto Press





Economics: A New Introduction

Author: Hugh Stretton

Price: $55

Publisher: University of NSW Press



Debunking Economics

Author: Steve Keen

Price: $38-95

Publisher: Pluto Press



Online Economics Textbooks

Last update: 07/08/2008 13:02:39

General Economics

*Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics by George Weisman

    George Weisman attempts to provide a synthesis of classical and Austrian economics in this text (available online).

Introductory Economics

*Cybernomics: A Semi-Interactive, Almost Multimedia Way to Learn Economics

    An online principles text by Robert E. Schenk (Saint Joseph's College, IN)

*The Economics Net-TextBook by Ted Black (University of Maryland)

    This online text provides useful simulation and review material on an extensive collection of micro, macro, and international economics topics.

*Essential Macroeconomic Principles by John Bouman (Howard Community College)

    An online macroeconomics text available in either Adobe pdf or Microsoft Word format.

*Essential Microeconomic Principles by John Bouman (Howard Community College)

    An online microeconomics text available in either Adobe pdf or Microsoft Word format.

*The Best of Economics by Arnold Kling

    An online textbook containing a discussion of a wide variety of economics topics.

*Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Approach by Roger A. McCain (Drexel University)

    The most extensive attempt at an online economics text using hypermedia.

*Human Society and the Global Economy by Kit Sims Taylor (Bellevue Community College)

    This site contains an online version of a survey text in economics that relies on an institutionalist/Post-Keynesian approach. The text may be viewed online or Word 7.0 copies of the chapters may be downloaded.

*A Pedestrian's Guide to Economics by Orley Amos (Oklahoma State University)

    An online expanded version of his Economic Literacy book. This book is designed to provide an intuitive explanation of economic concepts to the general public (and struggling principles students).

Introductory Macroeconomics

*Macro Mechanics by David Ashby (Western Oregon University)

    In this alternative introductory text, Dr. Ashby has re-engineered macroeconomics with emphasis upon the operational mechanics of the microeconomic engines that power the macro-economy.

*Macroeconomics by Matthias Doepke, Andreas Lehnert, and Andrew Sellgren

    An online textbook that is designed to supplement and extend the analysis in Macroeconomics by Robert Barro. This text provides a mathematical analysis of the issues and models discussed in Barro's text.

Introductory Microeconomics

*Basic Microeconomics by R. Larry Reynolds.

    This online textbook is accompanied by online Flash and QuickTime tutorials, interactive spreadsheet, and PowerPoint slides.

*Introduction to Economic Analysis by R. Preston McAfee.

    This online textbook, provided by R. Preston McAfee (Calfornia Institute of Technology) provides a rigorous coverage of a wide range of microeconomic topics. It's a remarkably comprehensive introductory text.

*Quantum Microeconomics by Yoram Bauman

    An alternative introductory/intermediate textbook that focuses on optimization analysis and game theory.

*Quantum Microeconomics with Calculus by Yoram Bauman

    An alternative introductory/intermediate textbook that focuses on optimization analysis and game theory.

Intermediate Macroeconomics

*Intermediate Macro Mechanics by David Ashby (Western Oregon University)

    In this preliminary draft, Dr. Ashby adds a modified form of the IS-LM analysis to the model developed in his introductory level Macro Mechanics.

*Macroeconomics by Matthias Doepke, Andreas Lehnert, and Andrew Sellgren

    An online textbook that is designed to supplement and extend the analysis in Macroeconomics by Robert Barro. This text provides a mathematical analysis of the issues and models discussed in Barro's text.

*Macroeconomic Theory and Policy by David Andolfatto.

    This text provides a modern treatment of macroeconomic analysis. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of the microfoundations of macroeconomic theory. This textbook is available as a .pdf file.

Intermediate Microeconomics

* Price Theory: An Intermediate Text, by David Friedman

    An online copy of the text that was published by SouthWestern College Publishing.

*Elements of Economics: The People's Introduction to Economic Theory by Richard Ruble (University of Virginia)

    This work is a draft of an introductory/intermediate level microeconomics text.

*Introduction to Economic Analysis by R. Preston McAfee.

    This online textbook provides a rigorous coverage of a wide range of microeconomic topics. While it is listed as an introductory textbook, it covers a wide range of topics that is equivalent to an intermediate level textbook.

*Quantum Microeconomics by Yoram Bauman

    An alternative introductory/intermediate textbook that focuses on optimization analysis and game theory.

*Quantum Microeconomics with Calculus by Yoram Bauman

    An alternative introductory/intermediate textbook that focuses on optimization analysis and game theory.

Graduate Microeconomics

*Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory: The Economic Agent by Ariel Rubinstein

    This text, published by Princeton University Press (2006) contains a set of lecture notes for the first quarter of a graduate microeconomics course. These notes were developed by Ariel Rubinstein will teaching graduate microeconomics courses at Tel Aviv, Princeton, and New York Universities. A printable verion of this text, corrections, links, and minor modifications may be found at: http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/index.h...

Agricultural and Resource Economics

*Agricultural and Environmental Policies: Economics of Production, Technology, Risk, Agriculture, and the Environment by David Zilberman

    An online agricultural and resource economics text at an intermediate to advanced level.

Auction Markets

*Auctions: Theory and Practice by Paul Klemperer.

    This is a near-final draft of the 2004 Princeton University text with the same title.

Bounded Rationality

*Modeling Bounded Rationality by Ariel Rubinstein

    The entire 1998 MIT Press text is available online at this site. This book contains an investigation of methods that have been used to introduce the effects of bounded rationality into economic models.

Computational Economics

*Computational Economics by Hans M. Amman and David A. Kendrick

    This online text provides an overview of computational economics.

Economics and Language

*Economics and Language by Ariel Rubinstein

    This website contains links to the full-text of this collection of five essays examining the relationships between economics and language. These essays are extended versions of the Churchill lectures delivered by Ariel Rubinstein in May 1998. Among other issues, these essays examine the relationship between mathematical language and natural language in economic analysis. This was initially published by Cambridge University Press in 2000.

Econometrics

*A Course of Econometrics by D.S.G. Pollock.

    This online text contains a discussion of econometric theory written at an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level.

*Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation by Kenneth Train.

    The entire text of the 2003 Cambridge University Press text is available here in PDF format for personal research and study.

*Econometrics by Michael Creel

    An open source econometrics textbook.

*Handbook of Econometrics, vol. 1-5

    Elsevier has now placed the first 5 volumes of the Handbook of Econometrics online in Adobe pdf format.

*Lectures in Optimization by Pravin Varaiya.

    This is the text of a book that has been out of print since 1975. It provides a discussion of mathematical programming, optimal control, and dynamic programming.

*Lectures in Introductory Econometrics by D.S.G. Pollock.

    This online booklet contains a discussion of basic econometric theory written at an advanced undergraduate or graduate level.

*Probability Theory with Economic Applications by Efe A. Ok

    This online text contains a graduate-level discussion of basic concepts of probability theory. Economic examples are used throughout the text.

Structural Analysis of Discrete Data and Econometric Applications, edited by Charles F. Manski and Daniel L. McFadden

    The complete text of this classic 1981 MIT Press volume is available in either Adobe PDF or Postscript format.

Game Theory

*Bargaining and Markets by Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein.

    This is an online version of the text published by Academic Press in 1990.

*Strategy and Conflict: An Introductory Sketch of Game Theory by Roger A. McCain

    This online text contains a brief, nontechnical solid introduction to game theory concepts and their application to economics.

History of Economic Thought

*History of Economic Thought by R. Larry Reynolds

    This website contains a draft of an online textbook on the history of economic thought. (Some of the sections are currently available only in outline format.)

International Economics

*International Trade Theory &