Basic Economics
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Basic Economics
| Full title | Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Sowell |
| Published | 2000 |
| Pages | 627 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Sowell’s economics without graphs or equations — prices as information, incentives and the consequences nobody intended — argued from a firmly free-market position. |
Where I heard about it
- On Jay’s investing reading list — a Google Sheet of 92 books by discipline, saved in Kyle’s Roam notes on April 15th, 2020 (Jay’s Investing Reading List). Jay’s reason: “Clear overview of econ”
- A reply to @SpencrGreenberg — named in answer to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” in a thread on X, June 2025.
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, under Foundations of Modern Economics, March 2026.
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Economics · Institutions · People Over Politics — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
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