What are some good books about economics?

This was the first econ book I read when I had no idea what the field of economics covered.

Freakinomics was dumb. Just a lot of correlation and causation stuff.

I don't know of any leisurely Econ books you could go after, but I would make sure you go with macro topics. Micro is a lot of sociological rationality, which helps someone to be a more rational consumer, but not talk about global economics.

The commonly accepted theory in the world is Keynes theory, so that is a good start. Maybe something about economic growth after that.

Steven Landsberg has a couple of good ones, More Sex is Safer Sex is one. The other is The Armchair Economist.

Naked Economics is one I remember liking.

Russ Roberts and Don Boudreaux blog at Cafe Hayek. I listen to Russ Roberts' podcast and they're pretty informative.

Tyler Cowen also has some good stuff.

I'm about to read a book called The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson about the economics of pirates.

I just finished my freshman year as an Econ major. Someone in this thread was wrong about Macro, it's 2010. 2030 is kind of a combined version of 2000 (Micro) and 2010 for business minors and what not.

FWIW, this past spring, the Reveille listed Econ 2000 as the hardest class at LSU in terms of D's, F's, and W's. It's not that bad... I think a lot of dum freshmen just major in business and sign up for the class not knowing what it will entail.

I honestly agree that reading textbooks is the best start. I think the very best solution for you to get a grasp of the basics is to get an AP Micro/Macro book for high schoolers. I got one to try and test out of micro in my senior year and it's very much to-the-point because it's designed for reviewing the material before an AP test, sort of a condensed version of everything you would cover as a freshman at a place like LSU. I still have it actually. I'm willing to exchange it with you for hookers and blow.

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