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Topic: Online Economics Textbooks 


 

EC 102 Microeconomics Book

By John Bouman

John Bouman, from Howard Community College, has prepared a nice introduction to economics from a mixed perspective of the neoclassical and Austrian schools. Being impressed by the works of George Reisman, Bouman integrates some of Reisman’s work throughout these pages.

EC 101 Macroeconomics Book

By John Bouman

John Bouman, from Howard Community College, has prepared a nice introduction to economics from a mixed perspective of the neoclassical and Austrian schools. Being impressed by the works of George Reisman, Bouman integrates some of Reisman’s work throughout these pages.

Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text

By Roger A. McCain

 This is quite a comprehensive text, including numerous topics from a broad mainstream perspective.

Essentials of Economics

By Glen Tenney

 The five short chapters of this book contain just an introduction to the economic way of thinking.

The Concise Guide to Economics

By Jim Cox

Concise is the key with this short introduction to economics. Cox’s little book is a very decent introduction to economics from the “Austrian” perspective.

Price Theory: An Intermediate Text

By David Friedman

This is an online version of the intermediate text published by Southwestern College Publishing. While Friedman is widely know for his utilitarian anarcho-capitalist philosophy, this text has been widely used in mainstream courses since 1986.

Law’s Order: What Economics has to do with Law, and Why it Matters

By David Friedman

This is an online version of a 2000 Princeton University Press text that provides a superb introduction to the relationships between law and economics. Topics included in this text include economic analyses of: crime, externalities, marriage, fertility, divorce, the value of life, contract law, tort law, and many other topics.

 

Public Finance: Government Revenues and Expenditures in the United States Economy

By Randall G. Holcombe

Florida State University economist Randall Holcombe, self-described as a “pessimistic anarcho-capitalist,” published a revised version of this book in 2005 through Prentice Hall.  

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