Books by Hal R. Varian

The best start is our blogroll and then try Mankiw’s Principles book if you need the background and don’t mind the length.  More generally, here is Greg’s recommended reading list , though I don’t like Heilbroner’s book.  I also recommend Arnold Kling’s on-line text , my own In Praise of Commercial Culture , but best of all is having an office next door to Alex, Bryan, and Robin.  For mathematical approaches, see the Ph.d. textbook by Hal Varian , Eric Rasmusen’s Games and Signalling , Milton Fr...