What is a good primer for institutional economic thought?
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Doug North's "Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance" will be essential to understanding where the field has gone recently.  It's much more concrete than Stiglitz' "Globalization", which, while interesting, carries a lot of opinionizing among the little bit of theory.  North is considered the premier authority on institutions in the academic world today.  I've also attached a reading list from one of the recent events in the field, and it's pretty comprehensive.\n\nThose should keep you busy for a while.  :)
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I suggest that you look at the website www.publicprivatedialogue.org. It is an on-line resource for practitioners wishing to design or maintain dialogue initiatives between the public and the private sector. The information on the site is geared towards investment climate reform, but the techniques described are applicable to other types of dialogues. The Lessons Learned page is especially useful, as well as the 40+ case studies which you could learn from. The site is sponsored by the OECD, the World Bank, the IFC, DFID and GTZ.
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Not sure what principles you are looking for, but look at the source below, it may help.
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Economics by Campbell R McConnell\n\nMcConnell-Brue’s Economics 15e is the best-selling textbook and has been teaching students in a clear, unbiased way for 40 years. The 14th edition grew market share because of its clear and careful treatment of principles of economics concepts, its balanced coverage, and its patient explanations. More students have learned their principles of Economics from McConnell-Brue than any other text—12 million of them. The 15th edition is a substantial revision that delivers a tighter, modern, Internet-savvy book.
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Modern liberal theory can be best understood by reading Elizabeth Anderson's posts referred to below.  It is solidly grounded in capitalism, it is highly critical of central planning of every aspect of economic life, but it is far more intellectually sound than modern libertarian and conservative economic theory, which has an almost fundamentalist mindset when it comes to free-markets and taxation.  One may be right in accusing the extreme left-wing in American politics of flirting with profoundly anti-capitalistic sentiments, but one would be a fool to pretend that modern liberal theory is anti-capitalist.  If you wish to attack modern liberal theory, start by reading up on it.  There is a reason why the academic world is not dominated by libertarians and conservatives, and it has to do more with the relative value of their ideas--which have not done quite so well in the free marketplace of intellectual inquiry--and less to do with inherent bias in the academic system.  One way to learn about both liberalism and conservatism is to read Rawls, Nozick, Hayek (whom I actually admire quite a bit), Sen, Dworkin, etc.  And once you have read the careful and intellectually stimulating discussions between these people, it becomes incredibly silly to suggest that modern liberal theory believes in socialism.
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This was an amazing book:\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/186100558X/104-2494727-0515124?v=glance&n=283155\n\nAlso, check out a number of the articles on http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/\n\nThe quick starts have a lot of examples:\n\nhttp://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/howto/doc/adoplus/ADOPlusOverview.aspx
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Buy this book, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!\nby Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter ", it breaks paradigms related to Money, Job, and investments, two thumbs up
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Get to the library and read up on finance, economics, and investing, there are many basic, cursory books on such subjects.  Also, you can research just about anything you can think of over the Internet.
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"The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham.  He is the "dean" of value investing and is an excellent primer on investment and the stock market.  Here's a link for your pleasure.  Good luck...
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The Economist has an Economics A to Z section to help you understand various terms.\n\nIts helpful for looing up depreciation, gross, net, etc.
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The most comprehensive economics resource that I know of is The Mises Institute:\n\nhttp://www.Mises.org
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sorry i don't know off the top of my head, but you could find out looking at the "economist" magazine, at www.economist.com
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New institutional economics favors debt.  Borrow money through bonds, debt, derivatives, etc.  Any financial device that uses leverage and passes off risk to someone else.
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Check the Journal of Economic Education
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ECONOMICS is primarily about the efficient use of scarce resources.\n\nCant get any simpler than this
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I'm reading this book right now\n\nhttp://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0452285259&itm=1\n\nI just got it, so I haven't read too far, but so far it's very interesting and easy to understand.  Here's some others on my list\n\nhttp://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0195142373&itm=2\n\nhttp://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=019514743X&itm=5\n\nI would look on ebay or half.com, or even your library, first.\n\nI also think game theory and number theory are interesting topics, so if you or anyone else has a recommendation for those, please let me know :)\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\nI forgot this one, it's on my list, too\n\nhttp://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?z=y&pwb=1&ean=9780691058542\n\nAnd I agree, good for you for expanding your horizons.
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try these sites:\n\nhttp://cowles.econ.yale.edu/news/bewley/tfb_00-08_human.htm\n\nhttp://www.nmconline.org/articles/SOP.pdf\n\nhttp://cowles.econ.yale.edu/news/bewley/tfb_00-08_human.htm\n\ngood luck!