Any Economics buffs here? I took a macro class and absolutely loved it. Are there any sites that you regularly read to learn and keep up with trends and news?
mises.org is the most heavily trafficked not-for-profit economics website in the world. Over the past few years it has become more for the layman/casual reader (especially their daily articles), but they have probably the deepest collection of economics literature on the web - for free. Plus, on their online store they have resurrected dozens of out-of-print economic treatises. And if they own the rights to the books, they put them on their website for free, or you can download them to a Kindle/Nook for $2 or $3. There are various schools of economic thought and the LvMI isn't bashful about which school they endorse. From the sounds of it, you're (unfortunately) looking for Keynesian stuff. They have that crap on there, too. Questions you should answer before studying economics: What is science? What is economics? If economics is a science, what kind of science is it? Is it like physics or chemistry? Is it like math or logic? Knowing what kind of science it is, how should this science be studied? There's plenty on methodology on mises.org. Here's a small sample:
Was gonna recommend khanacademy but macalu beat me to it. Also want to add that I took macro at UH and got a C.
mises.org is an ideologically-slanted website that espouses only a very particular view of economics. Khan Academy is a site for actually learning stuff.
Gets technical if you delve in too deeply. Don't ever forget, economics is mostly about models, and models are based on assumptions which don't always hold true. People sometimes take their models a bit too far sometimes...
reading krugman's "conscience of a liberal" blog on nyt, and the litany of blogs dedicated to refuting krugman was a sufficient entry point for me.
Economist Ft.com (with google entry) Roubini/economonitor.com You'll be surprised how much you learn with those 3. I have less time to waste though...
Economics major-it gets way better...it is fun. Wish the job market was as good as in 2008 though. Still a great major top notch-answer to your question Economist, and reading all the Landsburg stuff. "More sex is safer sex" "armchair economist"- and those scenarios are fun, intriguing stuff
