Book description
An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economy really works and its role in your everyday life
Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lot closer attention to the economy than ever before. But economics, with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulas can be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own. Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like a patient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respected economics journalists, walks you through everything you need to know about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon and long on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of important terms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, this revised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues you in on what's really going on, what it means to you and what we should be demanding our policymakers do about the economy going forward.
From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budget deficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that really matters about economics and its impact on everyday life
Special sections featuring additional resources of every subject discussed and where to find additional information to help you learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoing developments
Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economic crisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessive greed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid another economic cataclysm
Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, the sources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between the economy's winners and losers keeps widening
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Secrets of Success
- Chapter Two: Economic Bungee Jumping
- Chapter Three: In-Flight Monitor
- Chapter Four: Labor Pains
- Chapter Five: Fire and Ice
- Chapter Six: Drop the Puck!
- Chapter Seven: All the World’s an ATM
- Chapter Eight: The Price of Economic Freedom
- Chapter Nine: All the President’s Men
- Chapter Ten: The Buck Starts Here
- Chapter Eleven: White Smoke over the Washington Mall
- Chapter Twelve: When the World Needs a Fireman
- Chapter Thirteen: The Elephant in the Economy
- Chapter Fourteen: Good Debt, Bad Debt
- Chapter Fifteen: Love-Hate Relationship
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World, Revised and Updated
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118391570
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