Favorite types of Econ books

[phk]

Classical/Philosophical books are the type such as "The Wealth of Nations", "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money", "Das Kapital". The early days of Economic analysis which jump started the field before Math had become heavily utilized.


Mathematical books are more or less graduate reference level books. Some good gems in here include "Real Analysis with Economic Applications" and "Mathematical Economics". Varian's literature for graduate microeconomics is very nice too and is widely used.



Textbooks that are read by undergraduates. Such as Perloff's Microeconomics text or Blanchard's Macro text.


Current Events books could be classified as books that one would see at the local Barnes and Noble regularly. Freakanomics, The Undercover Economist, Create Your Own Economy.


None: Scholarly Journals - NBER, etc.

[CARLHAYDEN]

I have several von Mises books (including Socialism, which he autographed for me), but they are  rather tough going.

I find that Murray Rothbard is one of the best writers explaining economic theory.

[phk]

I prefer books that are more mathematically involved, but the classical tomes of Adam Smith and Murray Rothbard which explain concepts at a deep level are a good way for the math to validate itself.

[Marokai Backbeat]

A mixture of classical/philosophical and textbooks, with some current events style econ books on the side. I don't read as much as I should, however, I get much of my knowledge off the net.

[k-onmmunist]

Mises, Smith, Rothbard.

[Sensei]

Without question, the mathematically-based ones, since math is my strong suit, and I just seem to understand the concepts better when presented as such.