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Have you read a good economics book recently?
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I'd recommend it, as it's an easily digestible read that you can take in small chunks. I think it may have been viva that suggested it, back when it was a bargain ebook for a couple of quid!
It explains all sorts of interesting stuff like why (which seems obvious once its spelled out) that the US and the Soviet Union were facing each other with armies in Europe, while having a largely demilitarised mutual border (the Ice Curtain) at the Bering Straits.
I'll make a note of it. I'm on a 'read two buy one' system at the moment as I have far too many books I haven't read!“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
Excellent thread Viva.
The last 'economics' books I read were Tim Harford's - Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life, and Adapt.
They're a great starting point for anyone looking to understand the interactions between economics and every day life.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
On a parallel matter, the one of the podcasts that fills my commute to work is the Freakonomics one; very fascinating. The current ones are about evidence-based medicine and Cochrane Collaborations and medical reversals. Brilliant stuff.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0
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Thanks Zag. I just went to look for the Freakonomics podcast, but googled it slightly wrong (I mixed up your post and Hamish's and googled half of each). Accidentally found a list of Tim Harford's favourite 5 economics podcasts of 2016. Unsurprisingly, Freakonomics makes the list:
http://timharford.com/2016/02/the-five-best-economics-podcasts-of-2016/Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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vivatifosi wrote: »Freakonomics makes the list:
Also now a series of books. Good read.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Not books.
But did anyone catch the mark thomas podcasts that he produced around about the time of the GFC ?
There was an interview with Vince Cable where he was pretty candid about his views on the banks.
This was before he was business secretary. He soon learnt his limitations in office!0 -
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You can't beat this one!
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rich-Dad-Poor-Robert-Kiyosaki/dp/1612680003Happiness is buying an item and then not checking its price after a month to discover it was reduced further.0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »Thanks Stevie. I haven't read that for years. Is it worth going back to for the newer chapter on the GFC? I read the old version.
No idea, only saw the original.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I've mentioned this on another thread today, so putting here with a link.
Nick Davies wrote Flat Earth News. It isn't an economics book, but is one that would sit well on a bookshelf alongside economics books. It is about how quality journalism is diminishing. It was written a few years ago (2009), before the debate about fake news came to the fore, but is still pertinent
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Flat-Earth-News-Award-winning-Distortion/0099512688Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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