My background is in the hard law and am reading various kinds of book for personal enrichment. Mankiw is a good writer as his book is unbiased and objective as a good economics book should be. He also frequently cites so we can easily read the source material if we want.
Economics is called the dismal science for a reason. Mankiw tries to motivate the study of macroeconomic models through the use of numerous 'case studies', examples from history which can be explained by the models. While the idea is commendable and perhaps pedagogically sound, the execution was rather confusing.
After spending more time with this book, I think this book feels more like a textbook on economic history rather than a book for intermediate macroeconomic theory. Hence it would be good to skip over all the case studies and just focus on the main frame.
