I've finally made my way through Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics. It corrected some of the misconceptions I had about the likes of protectionism, while protectionist policies may benefit certain industries at certain times, they hurt the economy as a whole, and also gave some more examples for concepts I already understood well like supply and demand and inflation. Speaking of the latter, something could be said of so many people in modern times not understanding that printing more money initially contributed to the situation we now find ourselves in today.