Which economics book would be great for me?

1. The Undercover Economist
2. Freakonomics
3. The Truth About Markets
4. The Armchair Economist
5. The Mind of the Market
6. Why Most Things Fail
7. The Worldly Philosophers
8. Capitalism and Freedom
9. The Wealth of Nations
10. Tipping the velvet
11. The misfortunes of prosperity
12. The elusive quest for growth: Economist's adventures and misadventures in the tropics
13. The bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it
14. Globalization and its Discontents
15. Making Globalization Work
16. The Dragon and the Elephant
17. The Age of Turbulence
18. The Accidental Theorist
19. The Roaring Nineties
20. Butterfly Economics
21. Everlasting Lightbulbs
22. In Defence of Globalization
23. Development as Freedom
24. Capitalism and Freedom
25. Peddling Prosperity
26. Eat the Rich
27. A Random Walk Down Wall Street
28. Thinking Strategically
29. Reinventing the Bazaar
30. Lives of the Laureates
31. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
32. Free Lunch
33. The World is Flat
34. The Next Global Stage
35. Wikinomics
36. Bad Samaritans
37. Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff
38. Rethinking International Trade
39. Game Theory and Economic Modelling
40. A Theory of Economic
41. The Economic Naturalist
42. The Affluent society
43. Keynes and After
44. Road to Serfdom by Hayek
45. New ideas from dead economists

Bare in mind, I'm a A2 student.
I'm interested in finding out who adam smith was and his ideas.
I wouldn't mind reading about other economics like kayne.. (if thats how you spell it :P )

Oh and at uni i'd like to do economics and maths.

Thanks!

Reply 1

danny111

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7. and 8. and 44.

then depends on what you are interested in, e.g. if it is globalisation 14. is popular, if it is development then 13.

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Reply 2

Jonario

OP

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Original post by danny111

7. and 8. and 44.

then depends on what you are interested in, e.g. if it is globalisation 14. is popular, if it is development then 13.

I'd be interested in anything really, as long as I can understand the language.

Reply 3

Panda Vinnie

I would recommend Fooled by randomness by nassim nicholas taleb, a great read!

Reply 4

danny111

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Original post by Jonario

I'd be interested in anything really, as long as I can understand the language.

Most of them aren't technical.

Reply 5

24craigour

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Maybe something on game theory would suit? I've just been reading Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone and not only it gives you an overview of what game theroy actaully is and what it can do, it also gives the background behind the creators and the whole history of game theory.
I'm reading the wordly philosophers right now and I whole heartedly back that too.

Reply 6

robodude789

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freakonomics and super freakonomics are great books, they cover a whole host of things such as game theory ect but in real life practical situations and examples, aswell as giving you loads of random facts such as its safer to drive home drunk than walk home :O

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24craigour

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Original post by robodude789

freakonomics and super freakonomics are great books, they cover a whole host of things such as game theory ect but in real life practical situations and examples, aswell as giving you loads of random facts such as its safer to drive home drunk than walk home :O

I agree both are very good and accessible books, but really don't put this on your PS(wait a moment, have you done your PS yet?). You'll look like a trend whore.

Reply 8

goldsilvy

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Original post by 24craigour

I agree both are very good and accessible books, but really don't put this on your PS(wait a moment, have you done your PS yet?). You'll look like a trend whore.

I think he has already started uni this year.

Reply 9

danny111

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Original post by goldsilvy

I think he has already started uni this year.

But OP hasn't

Reply 10

Kolya

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I'll label your list with Y/N/?, giving my personal opinion of how interesting/informative the books are for an A-level student (where the '?' means I haven't read the book):

1. The Undercover Economist - Y
2. Freakonomics - Y
3. The Truth About Markets - Y
4. The Armchair Economist - ?
5. The Mind of the Market - ?
6. Why Most Things Fail - ?
7. The Worldly Philosophers - Y
8. Capitalism and Freedom - ?
9. The Wealth of Nations - N
10. Tipping the velvet - ?
11. The misfortunes of prosperity - ?
12. The elusive quest for growth - ?
13. The bottom Billion - Y
14. Globalization and its Discontents - Y
15. Making Globalization Work - Y
16. The Dragon and the Elephant - ?
17. The Age of Turbulence - N
18. The Accidental Theorist - ?
19. The Roaring Nineties - ?
20. Butterfly Economics - ?
21. Everlasting Lightbulbs - ?
22. In Defence of Globalization - ?
23. Development as Freedom - N
24. Capitalism and Freedom - ?
25. Peddling Prosperity - ?
26. Eat the Rich - ?
27. A Random Walk Down Wall Street - ?
28. Thinking Strategically - Y*
29. Reinventing the Bazaar - ?
30. Lives of the Laureates - ?
31. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 - Y
32. Free Lunch - ?
33. The World is Flat - Y
34. The Next Global Stage - ?
35. Wikinomics - N
36. Bad Samaritans - Y
37. Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff - ?
38. Rethinking International Trade - ?
39. Game Theory and Economic Modelling - ?
40. A Theory of Economic - ?
41. The Economic Naturalist - ?
42. The Affluent society - ?
43. Keynes and After - ?
44. Road to Serfdom by Hayek - N
45. New ideas from dead economists - ?

In addition, I would recommend one more: How Markets Fail by John Cassidy.

*but pref. the heavily updated version: The Art of Strategy

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Reply 11

Jonario

OP

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Original post by 24craigour

I agree both are very good and accessible books, but really don't put this on your PS(wait a moment, have you done your PS yet?). You'll look like a trend whore.

Yes i have done my PS but I didn't include any books, so I'm just looking for some. I do try and be different.

Which economics book would be great for me?

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