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10074934 No.10074934 [Reply] [Original]

>"I spend my free time reading, I love to read"
>haven't read his books

>> No.10074943

wow I love political economy
t. semite

>> No.10074969

If you've never gave economics much thought, Basic Economics is world shattering.

>> No.10074972

this thread again?

>> No.10075035

>>10074969
If you've given economics a lot of thought, Basic Economics is reductive, deceptive, trite.

>> No.10075044

>>10074934

Knowledge and Decisions is a good read, along with A Conflict of Visions. Haven't read anything else yet. What would be the best next read?

>> No.10075313

>>10075035
If you claim to have given economics "a lot of thought", while simultaneously believing Basic Economies is reductive, deceptive and trite, you're probably some sort of Marxist.

>> No.10075547

>>10075313
/lit/ is too infested with Marxism

>> No.10075780
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10075780

Sowell is great but these threads are not.

I welcome actual discussion on this man and his books.Many posts in these thread will be blatant trolling; please ignore them.

Did you know that when not writing Sowell is quite the photographer?

>> No.10075787

>>10074972
This thread is still present in the catalog even. For fuck's sake.

>>10075780
This is exactly what happened in the last thread - it started out really messily and only got worse from there.

>> No.10076087

>>10074934
I don't read black or female authors.

>> No.10076092

>>10076087
uhhhh....
racist and sexist much?

>> No.10076108

>>10074934
I like Sowell too OP, but this shit is getting old.

>> No.10077376

>>10075035
t. commie

>> No.10078592

>>10077376
>>10075313
I'm a Post-Keynesian so I'm not actually a Marxist or a Communist either. There's a lot of """hard economics""" out there if you go beyond the basic stuff where you realize that the equilibrium models you cherish are flawed and totally unable to capture the complexity of real life markets, and that something more dynamic with much crazier math is required. Even disregarding that, I thought there were some arguments that were poorly argued in Basic Economics, even compared to some of Sowell's other writings.

>> No.10078663

>>10078592
Equilibrium of counterbalancing economic forces is the essence of laissez-faire economics. Real life markets are very impure, their essence cannot be obtained.

>> No.10078690

Is Sowell a good start if I want to learn economics jargon well enough to understand proper articles?

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>>10074934
why did you copy this pic?

>> No.10078707

>>10078690
He doesn't teach much jargon. Basic Economics, subtitled "A Citizen's Guide to the Economy", is that indeed. He explains concepts in english.

>> No.10078712

>>10078707
I suppose that sounds worth reading, then, but I'm genuinely interested in getting into the weeds, and don't know how to outside of getting a degree in it.

>> No.10078722

He is a hack, but libertarians have actually nothing to do and will just repeat what they believe until they have exhausted everyone around them.

>> No.10078731

>>10078690
No he is terrible. It's like trying to learn philosophy from Ayn Rand or De Botton.

He is a right wing hack who has no currency in mainstream economics.

>> No.10078747

>>10078712
It's definitely a good read if you want to get into the weeds.

>> No.10079435

Libertarians are smart enough to write books called "Basic Economics" and "Economics in one lesson", intended for the average person, where they can indoctrinate them with their ideology.