Re: intro to econ

[MScoleman <MScoleman@xxxxxxx>]

In a message dated 98-05-02 15:57:12 EDT, you write:

<< I get questions like this all the time, and never know what to answer. Any
 advice?

 >I purchased your "Wall Street" and I find myself lacking substantially
 >enough economics background.  I was wondering if you could recommend to me,
 >an introductory text on economics, preferably from the left perspective.
  >>
There isn't (to my knowledge) a BASIC lefty text, especially one which
incorporates issues of gender and race.  However, Blau, Ferber and Winkler's
"Men, Women, and Work" explains the neoclassical basics in a more palatable
fashion than most.

Anyone want to write a text?  maggie coleman mscoleman@xxxxxxx