[arthurus]

I had a hard time reading Sowell's Basic Economics because the edition I had was horribly edited and seemed to be not proofread at all. I could not reccommend that book to anyone. Properly edited, it would be one of the best of popular economics books.

[another cricket]

Maybe I got another edition because I loved it. But I do think that "Eat the Rich" is about the best starter book. I loved chapter eight on Tanzania (How to make nothing from everything) If there was a place ripe for an African success story Tanzania is it. But it isn't happening. This chapter explains why.

For a starter book on how government works I would again have to go with PJ and "Parliament of Whores." The heavier stuff should wait. You grow into conservatism and it can be a very slow process.

a.cricket