The Instant Economist: Everything You Need to Know about How the Economy Works Paperback - 2012
by Timothy Taylor
Regardless of their level of education, most people wish they understood economics better. An award-winning professor translates the subject's complicated principles into easy-to-understand language, tackling all the key questions and hot topics of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
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The Only Economics Book You Will Ever Need - A Library Journal 2012 Best Business Book of the Year
Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists-when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, including:
- Why do budget deficits matter?
- What exactly does the Federal Reserve do?
- Does globalization take jobs away from American workers?
- Why is health insurance so costly?
The Instant Economist offers the knowledge and sophistication to understand the issues- so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level.
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- Title The Instant Economist: Everything You Need to Know about How the Economy Works
- Author Timothy Taylor
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1 Original
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New Delhi
- Date 2012-01-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780452297524 / 0452297524
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Economics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011033416
- Dewey Decimal Code 330
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- Booklist, 12/01/2011, Page 8
- Choice, 08/01/2012, Page 0
- Library Journal, 11/01/2011, Page 86
- LJ Best Books of Year, 12/01/2012, Page 28
- Reference and Research Bk News, 04/01/2012, Page 53
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