Can anyone suggest a book about economics and finance?

Dionna Doyel: Dead Aid, by Dambisa Moyo? Maybe that one.

Bianca Lannier: I'm talking university stuff, a general book on the science of economics and finance. Not books on special subjects or the one's written for personal finances.

Asley Quickle: First of all you have to make sure that the master's is actually open to people with other undergraduate degrees. Many economics master's (and Ph.D.) programs are open to anybody, and the learning curve is hence VERY steep, but it's a good idea to verify that.About economics: by far the most common intro level undergraduate textbooks internationally are "Principles of microeconomics" and "Principles of macroeconomics", both by N. Gregory Mankiw.Unfortunately I'm not as familiar with finance. But I just "browsed" through "Principles of Finance" by Scott Besley and Eugene F. Brigham, and it looks like a very good introduction to the topic.At graduate level you will usually cover similar topics and concepts, but mathema! tically more advanced. In economics for instance, typical graduate level textbooks are:For microeconomics one of the following (from most technical to least technical): "Microeconomic Theory" by Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, "Microeconomic Analysis" by Hal R. Varian, "Advanced Microeconomic Theory" by Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J. RenyFor macroeconomics: "Advanced Macroeconomics" by David RomerFor econometrics (i.e. statistical analysis in economics): "Econometric Analysis" by William H. GreeneI think it would be easiest to go to a university library, get a day pass, and browse through those books. Any university that has a graduate program in economics will have these (or very similar) textbooks in its library. Or you can go to a campus bookstore. As you can see economists are usually not very imaginative in choosing book titles, so anything that is called "Principles of..." or "Intermediate..." is usually an undergraduate textbook and anyth! ing that has "Advanced" and/or "Theory" in its title is usuall! y a graduate textbook....Show more