Stretch yourself in Economics - learning from the greats

It’s time to stretch yourself – please comment on any other resources you would recommend or review resources as a comment.

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2011 List included:

Additional Reading – for the beach this summer; to stretch yourself; entertain you and impress examiners or for UCAS statements and University interviews:

Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy (2010) – Joe Stiglitz; very US focussed by Nobel prize Economist,   discusses the causes of the 2008 recession/depression and goes on to propose reforms. Among the policy-makers he criticises are George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, Little, Brown, 2006

- the author of ‘Undercover Economist’ columns in the FT looks at the economics of everyday, http://blogs.ft.com/undercover/.

Keynes: The Return of the Master is a 2009 book by economic historian Robert Skidelsky. The work discusses the economic theories and philosophy of  John Maynard Keynes, and argues about their relevance to the world following the Financial crisis of 2007 to 2010.

Butterfly Economics: A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior is a book by Paul Ormerod dealing with economic theory, published in 1999. The author uses a plethora of insect-related metaphors to show that an economy tends to function like a living organism and is thus able to learn and to adapt.

Alternative media

For a good summary of news articles and video links suitable for A level Economic students: http://tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics . ‘Debtocracy’ http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/debtocracy-what-greece-should-do-according-to-the-greek-people/

offers an alternative view to the Greek crisis.

Mr Gray’s favourite economist at the moment – Martin Wolf: http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/martinwolf

Samuel Brittan’s column’s are always very thought-provoking:  http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/samuelbrittan

Road to Serfdom – Hayek: an illustrated on-line version is available at: http://mises.org/books/TRTS/

The legendary TV series "Free to Choose" (1980) by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman is now available on Google Video for free: http://miltonfriedman.blogspot.com/

Noreena Hertz, a leading economist has been described as: "one of the most powerful women in Britain" and "one of the greatest communicators of our generation." See her website: http://www.noreena.com/

Stephanie Flanders, the BBC’s Economics editor has her own website: Stephanomics - this is where she discusses the UK economy, how it relates to the rest of the world, and how it affects us all: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/stephanieflanders/