Favorite Books or Articles about Economics?
nostrademons: Grab a good textbook or two.  I learned mostly from Paul Samuelson for microeconomics and Gregory Mankiw for macroeconomics.  Other good sources: Benjamin Graham's investing books, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway letters from the chairman.  If you want to understand anything about Keynesianism, I'd suggest reading the original Keynes (The General Theory of Interest, Employment, and Money); almost everyone who writes stuff about Keynesianism on the net doesn't understand it.I'd be skeptical of almost every easily-understandable article you read on the net.  They always seem to fall into one of two categories:a.) They're written by amateurs who don't really understand economics but think they do.  (This covers nearly everything on Reddit.)b.) They're written by professionals who understand economics but are writing for an audience that doesn't, and so they leave out crucial detail.  (This includes Krugman's columns and most econ blogs.)Expect to pay money; it's not like computer science, where nearly all the good stuff is available for free on the net.  You don't need to pay a lot of money though; my dad picked up Samuelson's textbook for me for $5 at a flea market in Harvard Square.  And unless you've got a really good professor, textbooks are just as good as courses.