Kyle Harrison
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Basic Economics

Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Author
Thomas Sowell
Published
2000
Pages
627
Recommended
Once
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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 saw it: A reply to @SpencrGreenberg’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/spencrgreenberg/status/1930639380424577198

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.