Economics

[Dylan]

I hated micro.

I still hate micro.

 

[Pimpin]

I still hate micro.

stop self hate

 

[Dylan]

Is that what I think it means?

 

[Pimpin]

aka as the reverse Hal Syndrome

 

[Dylan]

It's concerning that my first thought was that you were talking about my dick.

 

[Handoyo]

Stay away from Joseph Stiglitz book "The Great Divide." Stupid me should have checked first, it's just a collection of 20-30 short articles.

I'm not saying that the content of the book itself is stupid, but there is absolutely no flow to it and it's just reading about the same thing, paraphrased 10-20 times over and over again. Goddamn.

 

[Dylan]

I'm not saying that the content of the book itself is stupid, but there is absolutely no flow to it and it's just reading about the same thing, paraphrased 10-20 times over and over again. Goddamn.

Sounds like 99% of my essays.

 

[Handoyo]

Sounds like 99% of my e̶s̶s̶a̶y̶s̶ posts.

FTFY

 

[Pimpin]

you read a book of Stiglitz? LMAO dude is semi retarded.

you should read shleifers "age of friedman" he takes a few jabs on stiglitz its hilarious

http://scholar.harvard.edu/shleifer/publications/age-milton-friedman

 

[Dylan]

FTFY

Laugh it up, Han. I'm taking over your FIF baby and wringing it for every penny they have later.

 

[Devious]

Yea; Mathematics for dumies.

That's recommendation for pimp.

 

[Pimpin]

i do need some mathematical lessons, trying to get into economics without having a good knowledge of mathematics is quite challenging

 

[ADRossi]

i do need some mathematical lessons, trying to get into economics without having a good knowledge of mathematics is quite challenging

Yeah, that's why I took calculus as an elective in first year.

Currently taking 3 econ classes: Environment and Resource Economics, Money and Banking, Intermediate Micro

 

[Pimpin]

Yeah, that's why I took calculus as an elective in first year.

Currently taking 3 econ classes: Environment and Resource Economics, Money and Banking, Intermediate Micro

what book do you use for money and banking? and for intermediate micro

 

[ADRossi]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1429244097?redirect=true&ref_=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1

Here's the Money and Banking one. The intermediate micro one sucks.

 

[Pimpin]

this is really similar to the one I am using, http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Banking-Financial-Markets-Student/dp/0132763648

let me know if yours is good, I am disappointed so far from mishkin

 

[Wings]

My micro professor didn't use a textbook, said his material was too recent and that there wasn't a good enough textbook that covers most of it. (He teaches micro theory – game theory, social choice, etc.)

 

[Pimpin]

I would understand that if it was macroeconomy, but doesnt make much sense to have that approach in microeconomy teaching

 

[Pimpin]

reading this crappy managment book, how the fuck do people major in this shit? Its so fucking easy my god i went in a wrong major

 

[Aurel]

A quick question to our economists out here:

I've been very engaged with politics recently and specifically with the divide between left and right. Where does it stem from? Is one right and the other wrong or is it just a matter of preferance. I've had my own swings with this, but nowadays I would categorise myself as quite far left. Especially in the economic department I lean towards the left strongly as I don't believe a free market with no state regulation or control can benefit society or humanity even. Most political economist (at least the vocal ones on the internet) seem to lean to the other direction. I have my suspicions as to why that is, but don't want to get into it. One vocal "socialist" economist I've read about and seen on YouTube and shit is Yanis Varoufakis. My real question here is what is the consensus on this guy? Is he a sound economist? Is he a respected authority on economy or is he too politically driven? I like a lot of what he's saying, but since I don't have the time to dive deep into economics I can't really fact check him on a lot of more in depth economics he talks about.

tl;dr: What is an economists opinion on Yanis Varoufakis?