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For microeconomics, I suggest Hal R. Varian.
He is the chief executive of finance in Google(as far as I know, and his book is great)
Why microeconomics, I believe to get a better insight in economics, micro economics give you the best. Relation between price and goods, game theory and welfare etc.
In macroeconomics, I suggest read some newspapers to understand macro level of economy.
Pls start with Adam Smith and A Hamilton. dont take rusty nails or wooden nickels.
Freedomnomics by John Lott Good supplement for Freakonomics. Lott digs a little deeper into their research. He has some issues with the way they present topics and makes some compelling arguments.
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazzlitt
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism by Robert Murphy (it's part of a whole series of "Politically Incorrect Guides to many historical subjects
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert Murphy
The Forgotten Man by Amity Schlaes
Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts by Hunter Lewis
The Road to Serfdom by Fredrick Hayek (it's a more advanced read)
You can take these two and compare them to see what their economic philosophies are.
John Maynard Keynes
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=2550635&matches=118&author=Keynes%2C+John+Maynard&browse=1&cm_sp=works*listing*title
Milton Friedman
http://catalog.ebay.com/Capitalism-and-Freedom_0226264017_9780226264011_W0QQ_fifptsZ1QQ_pcatidZ4QQ_pidZ94397QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em271


At first I thought it might be Professor Loren Cordain author of The Paleo Diet but not finding anything for economics
Frances Moore Lappe? author of Diet for a Small Planet also authored a book listed under Economics & Politics called Betraying the National Interest (but wonder if that's more politics than economics)
I give