I don't know a good book but I can recommend an excellent blog, Marginal Revolution: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ Not

I don't know a good book but I can recommend an excellent blog, Marginal Revolution: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ Not the intro-topics sort of material, but very interesting. Closer to Freakonomics style.