<p>I have a question for those who have taken these APs or self-studied them: </p>
<p>If I am to do an independent study in school, should I buy an actual economics book to study from, or just buy something like PR or Barrons to study from?</p>
<p>I took the microeconomics self-study while in the macroeconomics class - very similar, so if you know one, you shouldn't have much trouble with the other.</p>
<p>I found that Barron's covered nearly everything - if not everything - on the exam. I would recommend that prep book.</p>
<p>Does that go for micro and macro?</p>
<p>well i am self-study AP economics right now and i use baron's (prep book) and McConnell(textbook).</p>
<p>Alright, thank you.</p>
<p>The Barron's had good review for both micro and macro, but, having already studied macro, I used it mainly for micro.</p>
<p>For macro REVIEW (note, it does not really "teach"), I used Princeton Review.</p>
<p>Get the N. Gregory Mankiw book. Awesome Econ book</p>
<p>Actual Econ book is what I'm using. McConnell and Brue has a good reputation.</p>
<p>No review book can teach you economics, which is why you really do need to buy a textbook. The best is Tollison</p>