I agree - Adam Smith is probably a bit too heavy at the moment... you could try these:
Milton Friedman - Free to Choose, Capitalism and Freedom
Krugman - Return of Depression Economics
Hayek - The Road to Serfdom
There are lots of other forms of...
It really depends which country you are all in. If any of you are in the UK you may want to try places like the Adam Smith Institute - http://www.adamsmith.org/jobs-%40-asi/ or similar places... I've heard people do internships at the Bank of Engl...
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