For a readable introduction, I don't know of any better than Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics or David Friedman's Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (D

For a readable introduction, I don't know of any better than Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics or David Friedman's Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (David Friedman's textbook Price Theory: An Intermediate Text is almost as readable and is here: http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_ToC.html http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_ToC... )