How to learn economics well?

1, Principles of Man Kun Economics, Volume I, 88 yuan. Translated by Professor Liang. Man Kun, the high flyers of Harvard, belongs to the neoclassical Keynesian school, and his research scope focuses on macroeconomic analysis. This book is written for freshmen, and its main features are simple words, simple reasoning and interesting language. The interface is quite friendly, citing a large number of cases and newspaper abstracts, which is extremely close to life, such as why the Federal Reserve exists, how it works, and how Greenspan cuts interest rates to deal with the economic downturn. Almost no mathematics is used in the book, and I summed up the "10 Principles of Economics" for beginners, which is extremely convenient for people who have never been exposed to economics at all. By studying this book, you can understand the basic ideas of economics and the basic principles commonly used to look at economic phenomena in life. It can be seen that the role and interest of economics far exceed the imagination of ordinary people. Recommended entries are preferred to read. At present, a professor in China has compiled a textbook of Western Economics based on this book, and the words "10 principles of economics" appear in the book, which can be seen at a glance as plagiarism.

2. Samuelson's Economics Samuelson, a representative of the neoclassical comprehensive school, 1970 became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The research scope spans many fields such as economics, statistics, mathematics, etc., and has unique opinions on political economics, departmental economics and technical economics. At present, the analytical framework and methods used in various economics textbooks mostly adopt the theoretical framework of "Neoclassical Comprehensive School" which is developed from his microeconomic analysis 1947 and combines Keynesianism with traditional microeconomics. He has always been keen on applying mathematical tools to the analysis of static equilibrium and dynamic process, and studying economy by physical and mathematical reasoning methods. At present, the pure mathematics of economics is very popular, which is the initiator. Economics was first published in early 1948 by McGraw-Hiltu Company. Now it has been published in version 16, which is popular all over the world. In 1950s, Professor Gao Hongye translated it according to the English version 10, which was published by the Commercial Press on 198 1. Market Edition 16 was co-authored with nordhaus and translated by Professor Xiao Shen, and published in Macroeconomics and Microeconomics respectively. This book is magnificent in structure and huge in length. It can be described as profound. Economic insight that has infiltrated Lao Sa for decades. Between the lines, in a few words, the meaning of each sentence. Among them, the words "warm heart, calm" and "correlation is not necessarily causal" can be described as the Laozi of economics. After reading this book, we can understand the position and analytical framework of the issues discussed in economics in the economic system and have a complete understanding framework of economics. The knowledge is complex and has a systematic framework, which is suitable for further study in the future. The deeper you learn, the more you know the importance of this framework. Although there are still faults in the micro-foundation of macroeconomics, this framework is good. The English version of this book is published by domestic organic publishing house. I suggest reading the English version directly.

3. Stiglitz's economics and a series of supplementary textbooks. Stiglitz has made great achievements in information economics, and this book can be used as a supplement to the first two books. The economic contents of the first two are mainly based on price theory and marginal analysis, excluding asymmetric information economics and uncertainty analysis. Stiglitz's economics can fill the gaps in the first two. Although the three authors have different policy tendencies, the textbooks reflect a little more Keynesian characteristics. Generally speaking, the teaching materials are objective and fair. It is very suitable to be an introductory textbook.

4. Economics, principles, problems and policies, economic principles and problems, economic cases, economic essays, economic paradoxes, economics of social problems, etc. This kind of books is characterized by asking questions first, then discussing principles, mainly aiming at social common problems and gradually explaining principles. Most of them are good in level and content, but lack of system and framework, which is suitable for economists who know a little about economics to study.

5. Textbooks of Western Economics compiled by domestic teachers themselves: At present, textbooks directly titled "Western Economics" or "Principles of Economics" compiled by domestic universities are all introductory textbooks. Such as, Li Yining, Liang, Zhu Xi, Yin Bocheng, Si Chunlin, etc. However, they are far inferior to foreign textbooks.

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1, the more basic the textbook, the more simple it needs. Only by combining complex and abstract truth with real life can we speak thoroughly and arouse the interest of beginners. Foreign textbooks form a competitive market, which is a multipolar and brilliant work. The compilation of teaching materials also fully considers the convenience of students' learning. For example, Man Kun's textbooks are famous for having no mathematical formulas at all, or they are updated quickly to absorb new knowledge in time, such as adding information asymmetry to Stiglitz's economics. Textbooks written by people with low hands are naturally eliminated by the market. Therefore, most of the basic textbooks on the market are written by masters.

2. Domestic teaching materials. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government has agreed to translate and publish the classical school part of the Business Series, which was at the initial stage 100 years ago, as a negative textbook for Marx's criticism. Before 1980s, the achievements of foreign economics research and study in the past 50 years were invisible to China people. In the late 1980s, Mr. Wang advocated western economics, and with the approval of Deng, textbooks such as Western Economics gradually appeared in China. Most of these textbooks are new teachers who write and copy western works for advanced promotion and publication. Due to the limitation of mechanism, they dare not add "reactionary" knowledge, and there is no competition mechanism. Most of the buyers are their students. So the quality is very poor, unless it is specified for special purposes such as postgraduate entrance examination, be careful not to buy it.

According to economics, there are low, medium and high grades. Advanced refers to the controversy over the use of mathematical tools and the elaboration of opinions. More importantly, it is not to say that this knowledge is superior. Just as advanced mathematics is not necessarily higher than elementary mathematics. The more advanced, the more differences, and the more rigorous the pursuit of mathematical logic, but not as practical as the low level. Elementary introductory textbooks are generally aimed at beginners, so most of them cite cases and phenomena, explain them in words, and occasionally insert two-dimensional patterns. Advanced textbooks pay attention to mathematical logic, but two-dimensional patterns and words have been difficult to express and solve the explained problems, so mathematical proofs or algebraic equations are often used, mixed with modern mathematical tools. Intermediate textbooks are in the middle, and the definition is very vague. The difficulty and span of teaching materials are different.

Second, the intermediate miniature teaching materials

Intermediate textbooks are generally based on micro and macro disciplines, while other applied disciplines are part-time. Traditional economics has no distinction between macro and micro. Since Keynes made macroeconomic analysis of nominal variables, a macro discipline has emerged. So the order has always been, first repair the micro, then repair the macro, and then repair the others. Microeconomics is the foundation of all disciplines. Its analysis is based on Marshall's general equilibrium analysis and marginal analysis of marginal utility school, and then developed into Samuelson's mathematical method and framework, covering a wide range. Generally, it includes: basic parts: traditional manufacturer theory (technology, profit and cost), traditional consumer theory (utility, preference, choice and demand), local equilibrium theory (stability of perfectly competitive market) and general equilibrium theory (two theorems of welfare economics, exchange block diagram); Branches: oligopoly market theory (oligopoly, pricing and market segmentation) and game theory (pure strategy) public goods theory (public goods, tax system design, voting, external effects), uncertainty economics (risk, gambling, insurance, investment), information economics (information asymmetry, adverse selection, signal), incentive theory (principal-agent theory, contract theory).

6. There are several versions of management economics with different characteristics. Most of these textbooks are mba series textbooks. Its purpose is to make decisions in the production process, so compared with the intermediate micro-textbook of economics, it reduces a small number of branch theories and increases regression analysis and econometric statistics. At present, among several versions, NPC version is the least difficult to translate business administration classics. Management Economics-Strategy and Decision-making written by Haye, a mechanical edition, is almost as difficult as the standard intermediate textbook, and its content is similar. Only function expressions are used. The mechanical version of Morris (English version and Chinese version translated by Chen Zhangwu) is the most difficult, and its emphasis is very different from that of the intermediate textbook. In addition to using a lot of data in regression analysis, it is necessary to establish a model, which is close to quantitative prediction, involving dual theory and charts of different substitution effects. The appendix adopts differential method, which is difficult. Such books focus on the cross-management of economics and management.

7. Pindick's microeconomics. National People's Congress Edition, this book is a standard textbook for intermediate microeconomics. Mbas in many American universities are adopted. The English version in China has a Tsinghua version and the Chinese version has a big version. This book is moderate in content and wide in topic, which is the main point of all parts of the theory, and does not touch other controversial contents, among which the pricing part is more detailed. Clear graphics and fluent language. The mathematical tools used are very shallow, with functions but not involving differentiation, only using differences. The curve only uses the standard strictly concave curve, which is not as good as the quasi-concave part and linear affine content, and the cost function is also linear. It is recommended that this book be read through before advanced use.

8. Mansfield's Microeconomics, NPC edition, is similar to Pindick in content, difficulty and book price, but in different order. The system is a bit complicated, not as clear as Pindick, but it is also a popular teaching material abroad. If you have any questions about learning Pindick, you can refer to this textbook or study other books published in China first. For example, Zhou's Microeconomics is in the series of textbooks of Peking University, while Zhu's Microeconomics is in the Peking University edition. This book is not required reading.

9. "Applied Microeconomics" foreign economics series textbook library, 32nd edition, Economic Science Press. This book has a large number of cases and the application of microeconomic principles, and rarely uses mathematics. Reading this book can supplement the cases in Pindick's textbook. Deepen the understanding of economics.

10, Intermediate Microeconomics [America] Varian, Hal R, translated by Fei. According to the American W.W. Norton Book Company, 1990 edition, it was translated into triple edition. This book is a highly standardized intermediate microscopic textbook for economics majors. MIT, Harvard and Berkeley economics undergraduate designated textbooks. 32 pages, more than 800 pages. Easy to understand and profound. This book is the second edition. Besides discussing market, consumer preference, demand, technology, profit, production and other issues, two chapters are added to discuss factor supply and information economy respectively. The content pays great attention to technical details and goes deeper than Pindick. Fan Lian has a deep understanding of microeconomics and mathematics. But this book is an intermediate textbook he wrote for students, deliberately avoiding the application of mathematics. Mathematical derivation is mostly in the appendix, and differential application is quite rare, so it is suitable for reading after learning Pindick. It can be used to expand the theoretical content of each part in Pindick.

Third, intermediate macro textbooks.

If you don't want to study advanced microeconomics further, you can study macroeconomics at the same time. The microscopic features are profound and the macroscopic features are complex. Because there are many macro schools, there are different views.

1 1, macroeconomics, Man Kun, National People's Congress. Chinese translation. This book inherits the advantages of Man Kun's economic principles and is characterized by simplicity. Although there is only a small amount of mathematics, the principle and content are very simple. The first half is clear. After reading Samuelson's economics, I know a little about the micro and learn directly. Suitable for circular learning, that is, starting from the book, after finishing the overall perspective, and then going back to rebuild the book, which is useful for outlining. The disadvantage is that the author seems to be confined to the portal view and rarely mentions other schools such as the real recycling school and the Austrian school. Recommended reading.

12, macroeconomics Donne Bush. The NPC version was translated into Chinese, and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics photocopied the English version. This book is a standard intermediate macro textbook, belonging to orthodox textbooks. The system is clear and accurate and has been used in American universities for many years. Based on the Keynesian IS-LM system, the evaluation and description of various schools are relatively fair. Recommended reading.

13, macroeconomics, NPC edition, Chinese translation. Robert hall, the whole book looks a bit messy, suitable for reading other intermediate macro books, and its content is slightly deeper than the above two textbooks. This is not required reading.

14, macroeconomics barrow. Tsinghua, photocopy the English version. Barrow has a profound knowledge of macroeconomics, and his main research field is the theory of economic growth. But the book I wrote sold badly. Learning this book can be used as a supplement to the Keynesian school to which the above textbooks belong. This is not required reading.

Jeffrey Sachs, 15 and macroeconomics from a global perspective, 32 pages, 1000 pages. Saks successfully dealt with the problem of high inflation in South America, but this book is also well written, with attention to detail and clear organization. After reading Macroeconomics by Donne Bush, it is very suitable to continue reading. Expand knowledge. The symbols used in the above five textbooks are different, which is really inconvenient for learners.

16, International Economics paul krugman, today's macroeconomics, it is difficult to discuss closed macroeconomics. This book can be described as a further expansion of macroeconomics, including international trade and international finance, and permeates Krugman's economic thoughts. It adopts the AS-AD framework and can be used as a supplement to the IS-LM framework. Recommended reading.

17, Development and Reflection of Modern Macroeconomics, Guide to Modern Macroeconomics-School Analysis and Dialogue with Economists are three volumes in this series. The first two volumes are business editions. This book is an interview and comment on the masters of different schools of economics, which gives us a clear understanding of the similarities and differences of each school. Moreover, we can face the masters directly, and we can see that the masters have different views, even biased positions and attacked each other. It's really interesting. Recommended reading.

Fourth, other teaching materials

18. Most of the other textbooks in the economic science translation series published by the National People's Congress: the history of economic thought, finance, public sector economics, personnel economics, finance (Boddy), investment, money and banking (Mi Jinshi) and other practical disciplines. Appropriate supplementary reading < Public Choice Theory >, Austrian School, Hayek, Cambridge Debate, Non-Walras Equilibrium Analysis, etc.

19, the triple series of Yellow Book series, among which prominent figures are "Lecture on Public Economics" (Atkinson, Anthony b .)[ America] Stiglitz, Joseph E.), "Politics and Market: the Political-Economic System of the World", "Property Rights and Institutional Changes: Translation of Property Rights School and New Institutional School" and "Structure and Changes in Economic History" It can gain profound insights into the application field of economics. Triple series, recommended to watch all.

20. Zhang Wuchang's Orangeman's words, tenant farmers' theory and economic explanation. In recent years, Mr. Zhang Lao has been the focus of domestic attention. He also wrote several articles and delivered many speeches. Generally speaking, essays are unsightly to read, calligraphy and photography are irrelevant, and their level is very low, and most of them are biased, so they are ignored today. Only the viewpoint of "tenant farmer theory" in the above monograph is unique and particularly prominent. It is recommended to read carefully after reading the intermediate micro. Economic Interpretation is an anthology, but it also contains many radical remarks and prejudices, so it can't be used as a textbook. The "contract theory" part can be seen. The part about "communism" may not be reasonable.

2 1, "Principles of Economics" and "Emerging Super-marginal Classical Economics", Mr. Yang is very ambitious and wants to rewrite the traditional economic system himself, just like Mr. Wang. It can be described as a heresy in economics, and reading it can broaden your horizons. Recommended reading.

22. Su Li's translation of Posner's collected works. As a legal expert, the old man wrote Economic Analysis of Law, and he is really a knowledgeable person. I have to mention it here. Recommended reading.

23. Business Series "Translating World Famous Books into Chinese": This series was presided over by Mr. Wang, a business writer since the beginning of the 20th century, and published every year except during the Cultural Revolution, covering philosophy (red book), history (yellow book), politics (green book), economics (blue book), linguistics and anthropology (unfinished). There are nearly a hundred translations of economics alone. Over the past 100 years, I have spread countless knowledge, which can be described as boundless merits. After reading all the blue books of economics, you can be familiar with the ins and outs of economics.

At this point, it is enough not to be interested in economics as a livelihood. The above-mentioned books, read by ordinary people, probably take 1 or more than 2 years. 3 years or more. Among them, how brilliant the work is, or there is a need to read and read it again. After reading it, there may be a feeling of "killing dragons". Smile!

Five, mathematical tools:

The so-called mathematical economics. If you have a higher level of mathematics and want to further play the mathematical intelligence game of economics, you can take the following mathematical tools: Mathematics III (advanced mathematics, linear algebra, probability theory and mathematical statistics) is a compulsory basic course for graduate students in China University. Other mathematical tools include preliminary topology (convex set, concave set, stability of differential equations), linear programming (algebraic theory, geometric theory, dual theory), nonlinear programming (inequality constrained programming), variational method (Euler equation, functional, convergence problem, variable endpoint, section condition, Legendre necessary condition, phase diagram analysis), optimal control theory (maximum principle, maximum value)

24. Mathematics in Economics (entry level)

25. Jiang Zhongyi Mathematical Economics Foundation (Basic Level)

26. Dynamic Optimization Basis (Advanced)

27. Optimization method in alpine economics (recommended reading)

28. The optimization method in Gong Liutang's economics (recommended reading)

29. Dynamic recursive method in economics (recommended reading)

30. Handbook of Mathematical Economics NPC Edition (key reading)

VI. Advanced Microeconomics:

The following books are not necessarily brilliant works, but there are few such textbooks in China. The following books are better than nothing.

3 1, Pingxin Bridge Microeconomics Lecture 18, published by Peking University. The content belongs to advanced microeconomics, involving many micro-fields, introducing a lot of mathematical operations, and emphasizing logical reasoning in addition to text content. However, there are many printing errors in the book, the theoretical content jumps too fast, which is not conducive to learning and understanding, and the mathematical application is complex and unclear. It is the top textbook in China, close to the advanced level of foreign universities. The biggest advantage is that there are a lot of exercises that need to be calculated at the end of the book, and it takes time to read and think to solve them, which is very suitable for learning and training. Contribute to the transition from intermediate to advanced. This is not required reading.

32. Zhang Senior Microeconomics. Released by Wu Da. This book belongs to the middle and advanced content, which is clearer than the Lecture 18 by Ping Xinqiao, because there are fewer topics involved. It is more suitable to find other advanced textbooks, which are difficult. You can use this book to make a transition.

Nicholson's microeconomic theory. Chinese translation and publication in China. This book is concise and clear in calculus application and mathematical operation, with the same difficulty and system, clear typesetting, prominent content and profound theme. It's really an excellent middle and senior textbook. The bibliography at the back of the book is suitable for further study and reference. Among the intermediate textbooks, it is most suitable to be integrated with the advanced textbooks, but the book price is slightly expensive, the exercises are not difficult, and the amount of exercises is slightly insufficient. This book seems to have a small circulation. Except for a few bookstores in Peking University and Fudan University, it is rare in other universities and cities. Recommended reading.

34. Jiang Dianchun's Advanced Microeconomics, Economic Management Press. The basic theme of this book has reached an advanced level and is very difficult. In the late stage of game theory, it is very difficult. Or it is related to the teaching methods of Japanese economics. The mathematical description of traditional price theory is quite clear. The mathematical proof part is very clear. Recommended reading.

35. Zhang's Advanced Microeconomics was published five or six years ago when Professor Zhang was a visiting scholar in Hong Kong. In Zhang Wuchang's works, many notes are quoted from this textbook, and many series are eagerly awaited and printed in the series for publication. However, several years have passed and it has not yet appeared. Professor Zhang has profound micro-attainments, so I think this book will be good. It is estimated that it will be published later. If you see Professor Zhang, you can also ask the publication date of this book. Ha ha.

36. Fan Lian Advanced Microeconomics and Economic Management Press. This is Fan Lian's standard advanced textbook based on microeconomics-modern viewpoint. Each chapter is short, but to the point. When reading, you need to have a deeper study of intermediate textbooks. But the translation quality is not good. I suggest reading the English version directly. Close to the first-year level of graduate students. Recommended reading.

37. Wu Kangping's Advanced Microeconomics, Tsinghua Edition. The usefulness of further studying mathematical economics. Not within the prescribed reading range.

38. Microeconomics and microeconomic theory. MAS-Cole Ll Green, Chinese version of China Academy of Social Sciences, translated by Peking University. 1 10 yuan. The classics in the classics are currently seen, the top textbooks, and the first-year level of graduate students. Recommended reading.

Seven. Advanced macroeconomics

39. David Romer, Senior Macroeconomics. Business edition. Recommended reading

40. Advanced macroeconomics in blanchard.

4 1, Sargent's dynamic macroeconomic theory

42. Gong Liutang's advanced macroeconomics and economic growth theory. Recommended reading

Eight, other teaching materials:

Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, Quantitative Economics, Economic Growth Theory, Financial Economics, Industrial Organization Theory, (Taylor). It belongs to the primary textbook for graduate students.

44. The translations of Harvard and Cambridge Economics by China Social Sciences Literature Publishing House: Progress of Economic Theory (Up and Down), Public Choice Theory, Governance Mechanism, Uncertainty and Information Analysis, and System in Economics are all recommended reading.

45. Social Science Press's series of famous works on foreign economics: Enterprise Economics, International Analysis of Agricultural Development (Fast Water Migijiro), Calculation of Consent (Buchanan) and Research on Money Quantity (Friedman) are all recommended.

46. Economic Science Press's foreign economics textbook library series: The level of this series is between undergraduate and graduate students. If you have read the other textbooks above, you don't need to read this series. Chat here.

47. Zou Hengfu, Editor-in-Chief: Financial Series: Jean Lafont's incentive theory is the highest level, and others are acceptable.

48. Translation Series of Contemporary Economics Textbooks by China Social Sciences Press: the best textbook series seen in China at present. After learning this series, it is recommended to find a teacher to apply for graduate students.