Economics
Ha-Joon Chang
16 people recommended it in 10 threads, 2008–2022.
3 commenters pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
Ha-Joon Chang's Economics: The User's Guide. Just came out, an absolutely amazing intro and look at modern economics, the flimsiness of neoliberalist thought, and how we need to use the tools of each economic school of thought to think about the economy, not getting stuck on one school
Anything by Ha-Joon Chang. He writes intelligently about development and globalization; he is unorthodox in his economic practice, and his arguments are simple and drawn from history. There are a lot of "My god, it's full of stars!" moments in his work.
Ha-Joon Chang, of LSE, has several books providing criticisms and overviews of economics, his Economics: the user's guide is a light and readable overview.
It's covers all the major schools of thought, along with their pros and cons. I highly recommend it.
Economics: The User's Guide by Ha-Joon Chang is a must read for everybody who wants to get started in this subject.
If you want a bit of a political counterbalance to Sowell, try Chang's Economics: The User's Guide
Ha-Joon Chang - Economics: The User's Guide is a very, very good primer.
Where it comes up
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