Forecasting is required in many situations. Stocking an inventory may require forecasts of demand months in advance.

2018

Level: advanced

Forecasting: principles and practice

Rob J Hyndman and George Athanasopoulos

OTexts

What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter?

2015

Level: beginner

Economics: The User's Guide

Ha-Joon Chang

Bloomsbury USA

This book investigates the continuing resonances of Atlantic slavery in the cultures and politics of human reproduction that characterize contemporary biocapitalism.

2019

Level: beginner

The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery

Alys Eve Weinbaum

Duke University Press

David Graeber introduces different concepts such as money and debt. He takes a historical and anthropological way of explaining the origin. This breaks with the mainstream explanation, which is used in many Economics textbooks, saying that a barter economy was before money arose.

2014

Level: advanced

Debt

David Graeber

Melville House

This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. It tackles issues such as child care, health care, education, family life and the roles of gender, race and sexuality, and shows how they are central to understanding the relationship between economic exploitation and social oppression. Including contributions by: Lise Vogel, Nancy Fraser, David McNally and Susan Ferguson.

2017

Level: advanced

Social Reproduction Theory

Tithi Bhattacharya

Pluto Press

Macroeconomics is fundamental to our understanding of how the world functions today. But too often our understanding is based on orthodox, dogmatic analysis.

2016

Level: beginner

Macroeconomics - A Critical Companion

Ben Fine

Pluto Press

Economics is a broad and diverse discipline, but most economics textbooks only cover one way of thinking about the economy. This book provides an accessible introduction to nine different approaches to economics: from feminist to ecological and Marxist to behavioural.

2017

Level: beginner

Rethinking Economics - An Introduction to Pluralist Economics

Liliann Fischer, Joe Hasell, J. Christopher Proctor, David Uwakwe

Routledge

Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to light delightful mind-teasers, philosophical questions and intriguing politics in mainstream economics, it promises to enliven an otherwise dry course whilst inspiring students to do well.

1998

Level: beginner

Foundations of Economics

Yanis Varoufakis

Psychology Press