Principles of Microeconomics
Study Guide, Third Edition
by N. Gregory Mankiw · first published 2003
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Clear, colourful, well-explained introduction to microeconomics used as a standard university text; recommended as a solid starting point for beginners who want a foundation in economic principles.
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I'd recommend textbooks or corsera rather than pop econ books. Mostly Harmless Econometrics - Angrist and Krueger Principles of microeconomics - Mankiw (beginner) Intermediate microeconomics - Varian (intermediate) You also want to cover finance and time series - I don't know what would be good there.
on “Ask HN: What are the must-read books about economics/finance?” ↗> broad economical trends and projections Any good Economics Text book will do: like Principles of Economics/ Principles of Microeconomics, Gregory Mankiw You can also try, although, personally I have not taken these: https://www.coursera.org/course/microecon https://www.coursera.org/learn/principles-of-macroeconomics > FT and all the…
on “Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?” ↗…which includes entire courses on marketing, accounting, finance. Microeconomics (two or three books you find in every course: the ones by Pindyck, Perloff, and Mankiw. Either named "Microeconomics" and "Principles of Microeconomics"). You can checkout the MIT OCW courses on these. [0]: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/wharton-business-fo...
on “Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?” ↗I'm not sure what you mean by "practical way", but for starters I'd recommend Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw's "Principles of Microeconomics" which is a standard university textbook translated to many languages (I am not associated with the book in any way). It's very accessable, colourful, well explained. He's also authored "Macroeconomics"…
on “Ask HN: What's a practical way to learn microeconomis?” ↗…media make them to be, although their soldiers are for the most part. Many former Intelligence officers direct our attention to why these things are happening. There's a quote I liked from Mankiw's "Principles of Microeconomics": "People respond to incentives, the rest is commentary". Here's something interesting to read: https://20committee.com/2014/09/25/what-if-everything-you-kn...
on “Google's plan to deter aspiring ISIS recruits” ↗…IGM Economics Experts Panel[1]. I mention it because it's a great resource to be aware of, but they haven't addressed this question, though it's covered in textbooks. I checked the Mankiw textbook on Principles of Microeconomics[2], which if I'm not mistaken is the world's most popular one. In the introduction, it says that people tend to supply things when the returns are high: "Incentives are crucial to analyzing how markets…
on “A Million-Dollar Cancer Treatment: Who Will Pay?” ↗Whoops, I mixed up Mankiw’s Principles of Microeconomics and Cline (or Cechetti’s) Money, Banking and Financial Markets. The 19th century source is Bagehot. But that won’t make sense without the above fundamentals. (Bernanke’s work on the Great Depression…
on “Japan brings negative interest rates era to an end with first hike in 17 years” ↗