Economics John Sloman 5th Edition
By John Sloman, Alison Wride Read. Economics, 7th edition / Edition 7 available in Paperback. ISBN-10: ISBN-13: 307. 122 Fifth Avenue.
Economics John Sloman
Rather lacking in formal detail, but for clarity you can hardly do better if you don't want to delve too deep. This is the course text for subject CT7 Business Economics for the Actuarial Profession, so their syllabus found at will also give you a very good idea about what the book covers. However, to really grasp the kind of thinking that modern economics is fixed on, I would suggest something like this- Or if that's Rather lacking in formal detail, but for clarity you can hardly do better if you don't want to delve too deep. This is the course text for subject CT7 Business Economics for the Actuarial Profession, so their syllabus found at will also give you a very good idea about what the book covers. However, to really grasp the kind of thinking that modern economics is fixed on, I would suggest something like this- Or if that's closed for the moment, there's Lovell's or similar texts. You would also benefit from understanding game theory, for which Coursera's Competitive Strategy class or (if you want a deeper treatment) its Game Theory class are excellent resources.
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For behavioural economics, Kahneman's popular bestseller will give you a very readable account of the experimental foundations of the subject and the psychology informing it, but a course like Open Yale's Financial Markets by Robert Shiller will let you see these ideas in practice. There are also worthwhile titles like that broaden your understanding by examining the assumptions underlying the models used in economics.