<p>^ Thanks! MIT OCW is a very good, actually. I’d been try to use Khan Academy, but it’s at way too basic a level for my purposes…</p>
<p>And I’ve managed to avoid reading by taking all quantitative/foreign language courses =P</p>
<p>Well, you better start learning how to read since a Ph.D. in any field (including Economics) requires being able to read, digest, and analyze large amounts of articles in short periods (along with you having to do this for your thesis/dissertation anyway). If you can’t get through the material and master it at the same time, you’re going to have a hard time passing your doctoral seminars in your field of study.</p>
<p>Ditto the posts that advise taking as much mathematics as possible if you want to do graduate work in econ. Admissions to graduate econ is much more based on your math background than on your econ background. Having top grades in proof-based mat courses like Real Analysis indicates a capacity to learn. Grad schools know that they can teach you the economics if you have the capacity. So stock up on Calc 1,2,3,4; one or two Linear Algebra courses; as much Real Analysis as you can get; diff eq; and some rigorous stats courses (not the type designed for psych and sociology majors).</p>