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.