Arnold Kling has done a set of note pages for economics. Those 50 pages provide an overview on the best economics that you should learn about. If you don’t have time to read all of them right now, I recommend to select some sections from microeconomics and learn about it: Growth Theory
Growth Across Time Growth in Different Countries An Economic Calculation: Should You Buy a Vacation Timeshare? Capital and Rental Cost Opportunity Cost, Profit, and Comparative Advantage Scale and Substitution The Production Function and Aggregation Accounting for Growth Success and Failure of Social Systems Mathematical Growth Models The Rich and the Poor Practice Questions on Capital, Comparative Advantage, Scale, and Substitution Practice Questions on the Production Function, Growth Facts, and Growth Accounting Practice Questions on Growth and Social Systems, Mathematical Growth Models, and Wealth and Poverty
Saving, Finance, and Social Security
The Real Interest Rate and Annuities Pensions and Social Security The Economics of Social Security Basic Financial Calculations Efficient Markets and the Portfolio Theorem Futures and Options Personal Finance Corporate Finance
Markets (Microeconomics)
Introduction to Markets Consumers and Utility Relative Prices, Demand Elasticity, and Leisure Borrowing, Lending, and Human Capital Producers and Profit Maximization Efficiency, Supply and Demand, and Market Clearing The Gains from Trade Tariffs and Quotas The Problem of Monopoly Public Goods Some Classic Policy Issues Money Vs. Barter
Macroeconomics
Introduction to Macroeconomics A Basic Macroeconomic Equation System Fiscal Policy Investment as an Endogenous Variable The Trade Balance as an Endogenous Variable The Real Exchange Rate as an Endogenous Variable The Real Interest Rate as an Endogenous Variable Inflation as an Endogenous Variable Employment and Unemployment Macroeconomic Policy Challenges Theoretical Controversies
Information Economics
Moore’s Law Moore’s Law and Economic Growth Asymptotically Free Goods Network Effects Asymmetric Information
The Best of Economics – [Arnold Kling]
