On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Doug Henwood wrote:
> I frequently get asked by LBO subscribers what books I'd recommend they
> read as intros to basic economics that were also politically congenial.
> I've never come up with a satisfactory answer to the question. Any
> suggestions?
Doug,
You probably know most of these but I'll add my two bits to the "list":
1) First I would at least go with a David Colander "Economics" or a
Bowles and Edwards "Understanding Capitalism" as intro texts rather than
Blinder or Stiglitz though for certain mainstream topics I guess those are
better.
Ridell, Stamos, and Shackeoford "Economics" might be good for a
read.
I really like David Schweickart's "Against Capital" though he does have
market socialism bias. Also Roemer's "Free to Lose" is great though it
has a "analytical Marxist" bias.
Other radical intro texts are Hunt and Sherman and David Fusfeld
(unfortunately going out of print) .
Am waiting to here other's suggestions including your own!
In Pen-l solidarity,
Ron Baiman
Dept. Of Econ.
Roosevelt Univ., Chicago
