Posted on 02/01/2005 7:40:43 AM PST by churchillbuff
He has some excellent advice there for the beginning university economics student.
Thanks
First page, first thing they give you, is a "Once upon a time" story, very charming tale about a king, a queen and their economic advisors. The advisors were ordered to write down everything they knew about their field. As years passed the royals kept telling the experts to pare it down until at last, "...we have reduced the science of economics to one sentence." They said, "We have found, your Majesties, that there is no such thing as a free lunch."
I've also got a good recommendation on an ec text in my amazon file but I'm at the wrong computer for that. I'll see if I can dig it out later today.
you sold me. where does one acquire the book?
How does linear/non-linear coincide with economic models?
I'm reading an old market theory book and it seems to equate linear thoughts with marxism...
We had Dr. Landsburg as one of our speakers for a local libertarian convention last year. He's an awesome speaker and is really good at breaking down economics. His book "The Armchair Economist" is really good. Check it out!
Macroeconomics - Steven Landsburg
I hope this helps!
PS: we also love the good Doc 'cause he really SKEWERS lefty environmentalist idiots and other commie moonbats!!
The best advice Walter could give beginning students is to ignore the convoluted drivel he writes in his syndicated column.
Q. Distinguish between "basic" ; "essential" ; "fundamental" and "necessary" human needs.
A. They are all meaningless
George Stigler's "Introduction to price Theory" is shorter, deeper, but VERY funny, in a sly way.
Micro or macro? You mean textbook, right?
For micro, I recommend Hal Varian's textbook. A good analytical background can be found in Silberberg's book. It is important that new students in economics get the intuition as well as technical background at the same time.
Most macro textbooks are aweful. But, try Lungqvist's (sp?) relatively new book, but a more solid book is Stokey-Lucas-Prescott.
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