Economics in One Lesson:
http://www.hacer.org/pdf/Hazlitt00.pdfIt's a great read. It's brief. It doesn't go into a lot of technical detail but it does illustrate a central fallacy that many people, even some economists, make when thinking about economics. If you haven't read this book, I'm going to assume you're ignorant about economics until proven otherwise.
I usually recommend Economics for Real People (
http://mises.org/books/econforrealpeople.pdf )
I think it comes off as less paranoid, even though I agree that
One Lesson is sound.
Wow... thanks for the tips! I'm on page 54 of Economics for Real People. It makes so much sense! I'm even more impressed with Ron Paul, who's stated he reads from mises.org and lewrockwell.org every day.
I also recommend Ron Paul's books, as well as Griffin's "The Creature from Jekyll Island".