[Virtus May]

Firstly, sorry for the slightly long post.

I've never studied economics before and would like to extend my knowledge of it before I start my masters in management in September.

What is a good book to go about doing so?

I would prefer a casual text to an academic textbook - something that I could read comfortably whilst on the train to work every morning. However if there is an academic text that is greatly recommended and also user friendly, it would be great if a couple of these could be listed as well.

My knowledge of economics at the moment is sufficient to understand most of what is put up on the BBC website, and I can also understand a good amount of the stuff in the Economist, but quite often there's the odd thing I don't understand at all.

Lastly, I have indeed read both freakonomics and superfreakonomics a while back, and I would not consider these casual texts as ones that would give me a solid grounding in economics.

Thanks in advance.

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How about 50 economic ideas you must know (I'm not exactly sure if thats the tittle but it goes along those lines)


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[MagicNMedicine]

Get an old version of "Principles of Economics" by Greg Mankiw from amazon. The new ones are expensive but the ones a decade old are just as good in terms of explaining the economic theory. It's a biggish book so like a textbook but it is written in a way to be readable. Make sure you get the title right, "Principles of Economics" though, Mankiw has written a lot of books and most are at a more advanced level than beginner.

[.ACS.]

For a casual read book, look at The Price of Fish: A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions by Mainelli and Harris. For a textbook, look at Economics by Lipsey and Chrystal.

Also consider websites such as:
- http://www.whystudyeconomics.ac.uk/
- http://www.studyingeconomics.ac.uk/

[~Lc~]

I was starting to get curious about Economics after the 2008 slump. I stumbled upon The Return of Depression Economics which is written in a language for someone who's not academic in the subject. It sumemrizes all the major slumps from the great depression onwards. Very enlightening, not very conclusive of the Economic theory though. But I found it to be a good start.