Here's Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw's reading list for his economics seminar:
The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner
Spin-Free Economics, by Nariman Behravesh
Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman
Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, by Arthur Okun
Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman
Animal Spirits, by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan
Economic Gangsters, by Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel
The Price of Everything, by Russell Roberts
It appears he has pro or con books on everything, but not one book on Austrian business cycle theory. That is NOTHING from the economists who actually influenced those who accurately warned about the current downturn, such as, me, Peter Schiff, Stefan Karlsson and Mark Thorton.
Amazing.
Wenzel,
ReplyDeleteI assume that is faux amazement as we all know Mankiw is not much of a freedom-lover and is a strong believer in "free markets, but..."
Maybe we should call them "But Economists"
ReplyDeleteBanacek,
ReplyDeleteExactly! Or even 'But-Heads'