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Undergrad introductory textbook: https://www.core-econ.org/ebooks/ But it might be worth applying this to a topic while reading rather than simply reading a book.
Read papers vs 'news': https://ideas.repec.org/ the firehose of topics to subscribe (perhaps try reading a couple a month) http://nep.repec.org/ Central banks often have good macro summaries and topical papers.
econtwitter.net has a variety of people.
For econ history, or rather a history of economic thought, instead of attempting a tome, of which there are many progressing over centuries, and if reading really need to be read in full than in part (for example, discussion in part V III in The Wealth of Nations hardly paints discussion in I in an entirely positive light) try Blaug, Economic Theory in Retrospect.
For specific topics, like Industrial Economics, or Experimental Economics for example, consult the reading list of a university's undergraduate course options.
- I think you have misunderstood the overwhelming consensus of economists on the nature of finance and banking. A excellent work to better understand the history of economic thought from before Adam Smith through to mid-twentieth century is Mark Blaug's Economic Theory in Retrospect.[1]
Discussions about systemic risk, for example, have not lead to normative conclusions about nationalizing banking. An analogy might be that finance is like electricity. The very real risks of electrocution or fires don't discount its fundamental role in modern civilization.
China is absolutely able to engage in megaprojects financed by the state and the PLA, however funding for the industrial centers on the Pearl River Delta which are so important to China's economic success is largely private.
[1] https://www.alibris.com/Economic-theory-in-retrospect-Mark-B...
- Just read. One book that has stayed constantly on my bookcase, in my suitcase, under my bed, [alternate preposition location + noun location] is Blaug, Economic Theory in Retrospect.
It is quite fantastic.
- One approach is to go to the MIT OpenCourseWare website, look for the economics department, and look at their reading lists.
Of course, that's going to be mostly academic reading (textbooks, etc.). But if you want to learn the basics, it's probably safer to start there than the pop econ books (and I would dispense with most heterodox reading before you're able to assess them within a larger framework).
Two good books that haven't been mentioned here:
Economic Theory in Retrospect, by Mark Blaug. Very useful to get a good historical grounding in the main ideas that compose today's orthodox economics.
The Applied Theory of Pirce, by McCloskey. Your usual microeconomics textbook, but far more thorough, insisting a lot on grasping the intuition behind the concepts. Available for free from the author's website here: http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/docs/price.pdf
