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Thanks for your recommendation of Thomas Sowell. I've been looking for a good beginners guide to economics.

• bun_at_work 8y ago
  I just finished this one and I have to say it was eye opening and a great read. My one criticism is that sometimes he ignores oppositional arguments where I think he should address them. For example, he argues against market regulation in a number of cases, but doesn't admit that some market regulation is a good thing. However, I'm very glad I read it and think it's much more good than bad.
  • sah2ed 8y ago
    > My one criticism is that sometimes he ignores oppositional arguments where I think he should address them. Yes, that's because Thomas Sowell skews libertarian as mentioned by another commenter elsewhere in the thread. I think this Amazon review [0] and a few others did a decent job of mentally preparing me wrt Sowell's biases before I committed to reading his very well-written book. It's essentially a caveat that there are quite a range of economic views out there but Basic Economics only exposes you to the economic view which he considers worthy of his time. Regardless, Sowell does an excellent job of clearly expounding on what constitutes economic thinking. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3RFDB6MCBI1BI/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0465002609 https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3RFDB6MCBI1BI/re...
    • bun_at_work 8y ago
      I'm not sure if he skews libertarian because of his economic views, or vice-versa, but I agree that he is libertarian.