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Why finance? Finance was the major viable option for people with your background but that's not the case anymore. Every industry needs people with your background -- more than ever!

However, if you're hell bent on going into finance and you're going to read one economics book, read Thomas Piketty, "Capital for 21st Century".

These are the classic economics tomes that you'd read over a lifetime:

Karl Marx, "Capital" Adam Smith, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations" FA Hayek, "The Road to Serfdom"




I'm curious, why would you recommend Piketty's Capital for 21st Century as the one economics book?


Innoculation.


Capital in the 21st century is a political piece, and is certainly not a good intro to economics book.


I agree that it's not a good intro to economics book. I haven't presented it as one.




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