tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post1479371258284612547..comments2023-07-14T10:45:59.558+01:00Comments on Icelandic Economics: Which Books To Read About EconomicsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708780532217726350noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-44950112182468806782012-05-21T08:30:37.908+01:002012-05-21T08:30:37.908+01:00Glad you like the site Anonymous. I'd maybe be...Glad you like the site Anonymous. I'd maybe begin with Fullbrook (A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics) as they introduce different topics concerning economics (micro, macro, ethics, aggregation problems, etc.). It also gives you a crash-course in why the ruling School of economics (neoclassical) is seriously flawed and quite frankly not of this world. Check out Economyths by David Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708780532217726350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-66168390277534802602012-05-21T01:07:13.995+01:002012-05-21T01:07:13.995+01:00Just found your blog. It looks great. I have a q...Just found your blog. It looks great. I have a question about these books from a beginners perspective. Would you recommend any (or all) of the above books for a technically competent person (an engineer) with absolutely no formal economics education? (not a single class!) My entire economics education so far comes from "the accidental theorist" by Krugman, and "New Ideas fromAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-64173482339752818742012-01-12T13:47:42.562+00:002012-01-12T13:47:42.562+00:00Sorry, I should have phrased my comment in English...Sorry, I should have phrased my comment in English of course.<br /><br />Random Walk is a book about investing and it tells you to invest in intrinsic value, not castles in the sky. It also suggests a buy and hold strategy in contrary to massive trading. It's really great, having been first published in 1973 and since then been updated and revised 11 times.<br /><br />Thank you for your Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169343273231194183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-64599265093907395412012-01-12T13:09:46.538+00:002012-01-12T13:09:46.538+00:00Hi Hjalti,
Yeah don't be afraid to bombard yo...Hi Hjalti,<br /><br />Yeah don't be afraid to bombard your teachers with scrutinising questions. They are there to answer them! Since you're a student I'd like to recommend this link to you where you can find discussion about how the world of economics looks like from the students' point of view: <br /><br />http://rwer.wordpress.com/category/the-economics-profession/students/<br Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708780532217726350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-55820573232026080672012-01-12T12:36:07.830+00:002012-01-12T12:36:07.830+00:00Sæll Ólafur
Ég datt inn á þennan pistil í gegn um...Sæll Ólafur<br /><br />Ég datt inn á þennan pistil í gegn um pistilinn sem þú skrifaðir fyrir Pressuna á miðvikudaginn 10. jan. (http://www.pressan.is/pressupennar/Lesa_Olaf_MArgeirsson/hagfraedin-og-hrunid)<br /><br />Mér fannst hann alveg frábær. Enda er gagnrýni þörf á menntastofnanir landsins. Sérstaklega hef ég nokkur vel valin orð fyrir viðskiptafræðideild HÍ þar sem ég stunda nám við Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169343273231194183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-87644853353554799582011-11-08T13:10:48.373+00:002011-11-08T13:10:48.373+00:00I found Sorkin quite a good text but it's more...I found Sorkin quite a good text but it's more like a novel, I torn through it in 3 days last Christmas. No theory in it but the story is good. Haven't read Shaxson but it looks good, it is hereby on my to-read list. Lords of Finance is extraordinary!<br /><br />Regarding the IS-LM... sure, you can use it as a teaching tool to get beginners to understand basic stuff like expansionary or Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708780532217726350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709920428495382013.post-58291474569926758882011-11-08T12:35:33.025+00:002011-11-08T12:35:33.025+00:00I wouldn't recommend Sorkin. I don't think...I wouldn't recommend Sorkin. I don't think I would recommend Reinhart & Rogoff either, except perhaps for the data. Nicholas Shaxson's Treasure Islands is an excellent piece of work. Fintan O'Toole's Ship of Fools about Ireland is an angry work. A beautifully written history is Liaquat Ahamed's Lords of Finance.<br /><br />To think that Krugman still thinks that IS-LM Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com