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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=190432315-15092003>I think you
mean "micro." In that case, MICROECONOMICS IN CONTEXT, by Goodwin, Nelson,
Ackerman, and Weisskopf is pretty good. It's available in a "preliminary
edition," which is good because it means that it's in paperback and thus pretty
cheap. The authors take standard micro seriously and present the parts
they think may be valid, along with critiques of the standard Neoclassical
textbook (which is propagandistic). The book also brings in relatively
sophisticated ideas from more advanced economics and from other academic fields
where appropriate.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=190432315-15092003>As for
Marxian economics, I recommend a book called MARXIAN ECONOMICS FOR SOCIALISTS,
but I can't find my copy or the author's name. Also, Charlie Andrews' FROM
CAPITALISM TO EQUALITY is good. (See <A
href="http://www.LaborRepublic.org">http://www.LaborRepublic.org</A>.) For
a bibliography, see <A
href="http://penelope.u-paris10.fr/ActuelMarx/economarx/bibmarxe.htm#theme09">http://penelope.u-paris10.fr/ActuelMarx/economarx/bibmarxe.htm#theme09</A>.
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Jim Devine jdevine@lmu.edu & <A
href="http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine"
target=_blank>http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine</A></FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Robert Brady
[mailto:tubilio@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 14, 2003 10:19
PM<BR><B>To:</B> lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk]
self-education in economics<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>How would lbo-talk posters recommend someone get started in terms of
educating oneself on economics? I took your basic micro/macro courses a couple
of years ago. The main thing I remember about the macro book was constant
examples of how attempts to interfere with the almighty invisible hand mess up
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