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Books for aspiring Economists

Geoff Riley

21st August 2009

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Diane Coyle’s blog has a very interesting selection of books for students about to start their university course in Economics - here it is. I would certainly include Skidelsky’s forthcoming book on Keynes and I also feel that Robert Frank’s recent books are great at getting across really core ideas - such as the cost benefit principle - so that students can see the relevance of economic ideas to their lives. I would also encourage students to dip into Tim Harford (there are three books from Tim gracing the bookshelves) and also Heilbroner’s “Worldly Philosophers”.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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