/lit/ - Literature

>>7501702
I have the same issue. As a child, I also read a lot during my childhood years, and read in both Polish and English, sometimes even translating the shorter chapters from one language to another, then back again from the translated script to see how it matched with the original.

Now I do none of that, I've had difficulty concentrating, though when I do, I read until I'm exhausted and my eyes hurt. It's a good idea to start with very short books; Voltaire's Candide, Camus' The Stranger + Dzuma (Plague in Polish), and I've re-read a few of my classics, Robinson Crusoe being among them. Start short and then build up momentum.

The trick is that you can finish anything below 150 pages in one day even as a slow reader, provided you have enough spare time. The fact that you have 'read a book', will give you instantaneous satisfaction and should make you want to read more.

((DO NOT START WITH NON-FICTION))

>>7428415
>I have trouble memorizing information, and struggle in conversation. (But I'm not anxious, I simply can't remember).
>Boleslaw Prus's 'Pharaoh'.

>>7419399
Don't bother with Keynes. You can learn his thought by watching basic youtube videos on economics.

I'd stick to the Austrian, Chicago and Marxist traditions. Also while you're reading, be prepared for being flung into a whole net of philosophical thought too, as inevitably your pursuit of Marxism and the Austrian school of economics will lead you down the path to earlier philosophers of liberalism/socialism. You can get away without reading the earlier works if you simply want a rudimentary understanding of modern economic thought, but nevertheless, you should still watch a few youtube videos to reinforce your understanding and the ground works behind particular schools.

I personally recommend Hans-Hermann Hoppe. I think his 'A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism' will work wonders as an introductory level economics textbook and if his thinking is particularly captivating, then you might consider looking at 'Democracy: The God That Failed', which is essentially a refutation of the idea that democracy is the 'best system ever devised by man'.