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The Economics Book clearly and simply explains more than one hundred groundbreaking ideas in economics, from the earliest experiences of trade to global economic crises.

Using easy-to-follow graphics and artworks, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text, The Economics Book makes abstract concepts of money and trade concrete.

The Economics Book includes innovative ideas from the history of economics, from Thomas Aquinas' rules of markets and morality to Jeffrey Sachs' theories on international debt relief. Learn about the earliest ideas in economics, such as property rights and the function of money, and progress to present-day economic thought, from explanations on economic bubbles to the relationship between economics and the environment.

The Economics Book includes:

- More than 100 key ideas and principles in economic thought, from antiquity to present day

- Brief biographies and context boxes to give the full historical context of each idea

- A reference section with a glossary of economic terms and a directory of economic thinkers

The clear and concise summaries, graphics, and quotations in The Economics Book will help even the complete novice understand the fascinating world of economic thought.

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File Size: 312102 KB
Print Length: 352 pages
Publisher: DK Publishing (February 6, 2014)
Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00HWJJOVS
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The Economics Book is another book from DK Publishing in the Big Ideas Simply Explained series. All the Big Ideas books are well-written, concise, easy to understand and contain pictures and diagrams summarizing key ideas. The downside is that some things are oversimplified because each idea gets only a page or two of coverage. The Big Ideas series seems to be geared towards high school students and adults who want a basic overview of the subject. The book is divided into several parts: 1) Let the Trading Begin, 2) The Age of Reason, 3) Industrial & Economic Revolutions, 4) War & Depressions, 5) Post-War Economics, and 6) Contemporary Economics. The book declares systematic thinking about economics evolved in 1770; prior to that it was more of a political and moral philosophy. The last two chapters discussing economic theories after World War II make up over half the book.

I must admit to working in finance and I have studied economics, accounting, and finance in business school. I was impressed at how much information was packed into 352 pages but I would say The Economics Book has some unusual biases. One of the contributors worked on President Obama's election campaign and another is a non-academic philosopher (Marcus Weeks) who wrote, "Hotel Hobbies: 50 Things to Do in a Hotel Room That Won't Get You Arrested" along with contributions to the other "Big Ideas Simply Explained" book series. Why were they selected as contributors (other than nepotism)? This is nothing like the textbooks I studied in class. For a field that is reliant on statistics the use of math and scientific equations is largely absent here. I expected to be reading about economics, financial concerns, money, and tax policy.

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