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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:01 PM Original message |
What's a good left leaning econ 101 book? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wealth of Nations by John Maynard Keynes |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. and fricking spot on most of the time! |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Did Keynes write a version of "Wealth of Nations"? |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Didn't Adam Smith write Wealth of Nations? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yeah - brain fart - I apologize |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. No apologies necessary |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I prefer fact-leaning to politically motivated pseudo-science. |
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TabulaRasa (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Economics |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. So far the only remotely successful approach |
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TabulaRasa (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Understanding Capitalism |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I learned a lot from "The Divine Right of Capital" |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Looks GREAT. I just requested it from the library. n/t |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Start any reading program |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Try James Galbraith's The Predator State |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Capital, K Marx. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. But Das Kapital is so wrong on so many levels |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Care to elucidate? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Basing the value of labor solely on the amount of time put into the task is irrational |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Before... |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Try Heilbroner's "The Worldly Philosophers" |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. A fine choice nt |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. Maybe Greg Mankiw's book? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. any of Robert Reich's books? n/t |
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