3 ms·
Out of genuine interest, which economists would you recommend if one wanted to read the works of economists who are only motivated by the search for the truth?
by rankam 11y ago
Out of genuine interest, which economists would you recommend if one wanted to read the works of economists who are only motivated by the search for the truth?
- barry-cotter 11y agoJust get a microeconomics textbook and a price theory textbook. Hal Varian's Intermediate Microeconomics is probably best if you know calculus. Undergraduate macro bears very little relation to what economists believe and macro is a mess besides. Olivier Blanchard, former director of the IMF wrote an article on the state of macro, pronouncing it good just before the Great Recession. The field has barely moved since then. Macro is an intellectual monoculture that's not going anywhere. I personally am partial to Scott Sumner, who blogs at the Money Illusion abd is a market monetarist.