Basic economics

[lithium]

Hey,

I'm looking to have a read into basic economics just so I can get a grasp of what it's all about. I read and hear about how a country's economy is being affected by this, that and the other, but what I don't get is how the exchange of money between individuals affects the country as a whole (other than taxes).

I'm not looking for anything particularly left- or right-wing as yet, but just an outline of how stuff works. Are there and good sites or study groups happening at the moment?

Cheers!

[Ander]

Some people here will tell you that you don't need to "learn bourgeois economics" but I think that's wrong.

I would suggest checking out the reference writers section on Marxists.org and scrolling down to Political Economy. (http://www.marxists.org/reference/index.htm) It's got some stuff by Smith, Malthus, Keynes, etc. Then afterwards you can read some Marxian economics to balance it out.

Hope I helped.

[More Fire for the People]

By Marx
Wage-Labor & Capital
Value, Price, & Profit

And I would check out some criticisms of neo-classical economics from an ecological standpoint as well. 'Modern', i.e. neo-classical theories, ignore the environment as a source of value.

Priceless Benefits, Costly Mistakes (http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/ecologicaleconomics/Ackerman25.htm)

[Nusocialist]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 02:14 am
Hey,

I'm looking to have a read into basic economics just so I can get a grasp of what it's all about. I read and hear about how a country's economy is being affected by this, that and the other, but what I don't get is how the exchange of money between individuals affects the country as a whole (other than taxes).

I'm not looking for anything particularly left- or right-wing as yet, but just an outline of how stuff works. Are there and good sites or study groups happening at the moment?

Cheers!
I recommend you look into Steve Keen's book, Debunking economics, it is great.

http://www.debunkingeconomics.com/

[lithium]

Cool, cheers. I'll take a look into those.