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What should I study to understand real-world economics? (I.e., To gain financial literacy)

by Rudi C
8th Apr 2020
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Most of the stuff you list isn't really economics topics; you might find the sort of stuff you're looking for in legal texts instead. Something like a corporate finance book or class would be a good starting point. (Business schools also cover this stuff, but it's likely to be dumbed down compared to law school versions.)

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[-]River5y50

The basic law school class or casebook (a casebook is the law school version of a textbook) is generally titled simply "corporations" or "business organizations" or something like that.

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I have taken a basic economics course and read some academic economic stuff here and there, but these have been viscerally “theoretical” in nature. I want to understand real-world concepts like value chains, stocks, venture capital, IPO, corporations (I can’t quite say I know what a corporation IS.) ... . The best resource I have found to date is http://stratechery.com . I am wondering if more efficient learning material exists. I don’t want advice/prediction books (on management or investing). I simply want to understand the basic stuff about these concepts. Financial literacy, I would say. I don’t know if there is a name for this ”field of study.”