Good economics/finance books?

[twdavis]

I've been looking for a couple, I know of the ancient "Capital" and "The Wealth of Nations" but beyond that I don't know of alot

 

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[jpmartin]

If you're looking for timeless classics - read Richest Man in Babylon.

There are couple of others in my 52 Week Book Challenge.

 

[Digamma]

Are you looking for textbooks and similar? If so, you should have a look at Khan's Academy video in the Economics section. A good primer for the basics before you go into details.
Also, I really like The Economics Book and The Business Book, both from the Big Ideas Simply Explained series. Of course, one should take everything with a grain of salt, as in these subjects there is space for different opinions.

 

[LibertyForMe]

Econ and Finance are both really big fields. What are you trying to learn? Business specific things? General econ?

Economics in One Lesson is a pretty great book by Henry Hazlitt. Here is a link where you can get the book for free: http://mises.org/library/economics-one-lesson

 

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[Hicks]

For economics read...
Debunking economics by Steve keen. One of the few economists to predict the 08 crash.

 

[jon.a]

Econ and Finance are both really big fields. What are you trying to learn? Business specific things? General econ?

Economics in One Lesson is a pretty great book by Henry Hazlitt. Here is a link where you can get the book for free: http://mises.org/library/economics-one-lesson

That's a KICK a$$ resource!

 

[LibertyForMe]

That's a KICK a$$ resource!

Yes, the Mises Institute has THOUSANDS of amazing free economics books and also countless hours of audio and stuff from econ classes and economics talks.

If you want more of a textbook approach, try this one. I've read a good bit of it and it is pretty good: http://mises.org/library/lessons-young-economist

Also, The Law by Frederic Bastiat is really good and super short, they have an audio book for free as well, which is pretty sweet. I didn't know about it till now: http://mises.org/library/law-1

The reason why I like the Mises Institute is just because I learned more about econ from their website then I did getting my Econ/Finance bachelors degree...haha.

 

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[InspireHD]

Economics in One Lesson is a pretty great book by Henry Hazlitt.

This is the first book that came to mind. It's very easy to read, although sometimes it takes a minute to understand the relationships on why things work the way they do, but if you read it slowly through those parts it makes a lot of sense.

I think this book is a great read in a lot of ways too, beyond just simple Economics. If you understand the pattern you come to realize that a lot of what the author presents reaches deep into a lot of other areas. Economics is great for really learning how to think critically and question everything. It helps you make your own decisions rather than accepting generally stated principles that are repeated and accepted.

 

[ZCP]

Once the business is going and you are pouring over the P&L's...... try
Finance for Executives: Managing for Value Creation by Gabriel Hawawini
really good thoughts on why a business even exists....

 

[Dinho7]

Econ and Finance are both really big fields. What are you trying to learn? Business specific things? General econ?

It all comes down to this, @twdavis . How experienced are you in these fields and what exactly are you trying to dig deeper into?

I would recommend Naked Economics from Charles Wheelan. He does an excelent job in making "dry" material seem interesting and funny. It is a bit basic in some aspects, but I still picked up tons of dots to complete the big picture of economics.

 

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[twdavis]

It all comes down to this, @twdavis . How experienced are you in these fields and what exactly are you trying to dig deeper into?

I would recommend Naked Economics from Charles Wheelan. He does an excelent job in making "dry" material seem interesting and funny. It is a bit basic in some aspects, but I still picked up tons of dots to complete the big picture of economics.

I have minimal experience but I'm looking to learn a ton about economics in general, both micro and macro.


Thank you guys for all the links!

 

[SBS.95]

Anything Milton Friedman.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0226264211/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

 

[Ninjakid]

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. It talks about economics from a point of economics being unpredictable, as opposed to how conventional economics is taught to be predictable and logical.

 

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