<p>Hi I am planning to apply for transfer to University of Chicago for Fall 08, I am currently an Ecnomics major. I am wonder if there is any books that I could read to help in my application?(For example, books that would help my insight in writing the essays, or economics books published by University of Chicago?)</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Kenny</p>
<p>That seems like a strange thing to do, honestly, but Freakonomics is a good (readable) book about economics written by U of C professors.</p>
<p>Capitalism and Freedom trumps all. Of course, this will teach you nothing about U of C, but a lot about the "Chicago School" of economics. The Freakonomics author is still a prof there, as well as Richard Posner and others. From a more leftist point of view, there is a big stir about a paper called "The Israel Lobby" I think cowritten by poli sci prof John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt from the Kennedy School at Harvard. Becker-Posner-blog.com is my favorite U of C reading. The Nobel-winning author Saul Bellow also has many many books, including Ravelstein, which is about his experiences with Allan Bloom at U of C. Right now I am reading The Closing of the American Mind by Bloom. Some other U of C related authors are Leo Strauss and even T.S. Eliot.</p>
<p>Dude, and this has nothing to do with Economics, but you can't forget Martin Gardner when it comes to U of C authors.</p>
<p>Just how many famous UChicago authors are there? How many are now teaching?</p>
<p>Partial</a> list of notable Chicago people. Enjoy, I suppose.</p>
<p>Read "Eat the Rich" by PJ O'Rourke (while you're at it, read the entire compendium of his work). It's hilarious and spot-on, making it an awesome choice. And conviently enough, the introduction to his book offers a great economics reading list if you'd like to further your understanding.</p>
<p>If you want some more advanced stuff, try Thomas Sowell.</p>
<p>Thanks for that list. I happen to actually find it interesting...</p>
<p>How is O'Rourke connected to UChicago? Or are you just saying it's a good book?</p>
<p>I think he wants to further his knowledge and write about the topic more proficiently, not simply name-drop alumni. He's not affiliated as far as I know.</p>
<p>"Godel Escher Bach" might get you in the mindset for the essay. It helped me.</p>
<p>sorry guys it is Fall 2007 instead of Fall 2008</p>
<p>Thank you guys for such great help, I think Debaser helped me to say out what I want more</p>
<p>O'Rourke's book isn't exactly an economic treatise. It's helluva fun read - even more than Freakonomics - but compared to Freakonomics, it's clear which one is more based on the academic subject of economics. Still, a fun read.</p>
<p>And I didn't know Martin Gardner was associated with UChicago. Yet another reason to attend.</p>
<p>Check this out as well, it's a free student's guidebook to Freakonomics:</p>
<p>Kodama - how much of GEB have you read, and if this was a good state to be in while you wrote your essay, what kind of essay did you produce?</p>
<p>-curious-</p>