Hey guys, anyone here learned about economics in their free time?

>>1453002
>crash course
>political views of the creators influencing information

How does it influence? I find no less biased than let's say Krugman

mises.org

>>1453002
It's all going to be biased (more or less) by the writer. You should still read it, along with other books by people who you don't agree with, if only to understand the critics and weaknesses or your opinions and preferred systems.

If you understand that, then you can argue better when faced with the assholes that dare think differently from you and who are therefore wrong.

thomas sowell
mises
hayek
rothbard
keynes
adam smith
quesnay

googling these names and reading their works is a place to start

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>>1453641
>keynes

>>1453666

Explain the 1950's.

>>1453002
I have a bachelor's in economics

It's pretty interesting universal laws but truthfully people aren't rational and expectations and assumptions don't hold true but once you reach advanced econ it becomes theoretical

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>>1453685
hedge against the future

Econ BSc and MSc holder here. You can very easily learn common sense economics from books, newspapers, and guides. These will help you understand how certain thing affect others in the world. You will have a better understanding of life and humans. But, you will not be able to properly study which economic ideologies are correct and the underlying theories too much without proper academic study. So, I recommend using economics to learn more about the world, how central banks operate and their effects, how trade matters et cetera as this can help you with investing, general life etc. But do not try to become a guy who debates on twitter about keynes vs hayek vs mises vs blahblahblah and get too deep into it, odds are you don't know what you are talking about.

Perloff for microecon
Blanchard for macroecon

also if you like maths learn econometrics
introductory econometrics by woolridge seems good (disclaimer, I haven't used it)

Economics has an inherent political bias, you are going to have a lot of trouble finding bias-free information.

I would just stick to the simple stuff like learning about supply and demand then going from there. Ground yourself before taking an opinion.

>>1453002

Econs can't predict or explain. BSvendors and IYI all of them. Only taleb knows.