Note: A while ago, I posted an entry asking for recommendations of economics books. Since then, I've found several on-line resources that look like they'll make a pretty good introduction to the basics of economics. I say that they 'look like' they'll be a good intro because I haven't read them all yet. Hopefully, this will help those of you who, like me, want to know more about economics to better understand the various forces that are at work and how various groups -- the government, labor, consumers, etc. -- impact and influence the economy.--ben
Knowledge Deficit
This is a discussion between two economics professors on what the public should know about economics posted on the Wall Street Journal's Econoblog. I found this from
this entry on macroblog that poses the question "If there was one lesson from economics that you could magically implant into the brain of everyone, what would it be?" to its readers, with some interesting responses. Also, both of the professors say that a good starting place when trying to understand economics is the 1848 essay
What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen by Frédéric Bastiat.
The Best of Economics
(You can also go to
Fifty Essential Topics on Economics which is just a nicer table of contents to the same site.) From the intro:
The Best of Economics is an HTML textbook for a new high school course in economics. In addtion to the traditional topics of microeconomics and macroeconomics, this textbook covers three subject areas that have become increasingly important in the last fifty years: Growth Theory, Finance, Information Economics
This looks to be a great intro/reference. Some of the topics that jumped out at me include:
Success and Failure of Social Systems,
The Rich and the Poor,
The Problem of Monopoly, and
Fiscal Policy.
The Library of Economics and Liberty
This site has a huge collection of essays and books on Economics. They include classics such as Adam Smith's
Wealth of Nations as well as new essays by current economists.
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