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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run--Or Ruin--An Economy Hardcover - 2014

by Tim Harford


Summary

A provocative and lively exploration of the increasingly important world of macroeconomics, by the author of the bestselling The Undercover Economist.

Thanks to the worldwide financial upheaval, economics is no longer a topic we can ignore. From politicians to hedge-fund managers to middle-class IRA holders, everyone must pay attention to how and why the global economy works the way it does.

Enter Financial Times columnist and bestselling author Tim Harford. In this new book that demystifies macroeconomics, Harford strips away the spin, the hype, and the jargon to reveal the truth about how the world’s economy actually works. With the wit of a raconteur and the clear grasp of an expert, Harford explains what’s really happening beyond today’s headlines, why all of us should care, and what we can do about it to understand it better.

From the publisher

Tim Harford is the author of The Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life, and Adapt. He writes two columns for the Financial Times, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, Esquire, Parade, New York, and Wired. He lives with his family in Oxford.

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  • Title The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run--Or Ruin--An Economy
  • Author Tim Harford
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 245
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Riverhead Books, New York, New York
  • Date 2014-01-16
  • ISBN 9781594631405 / 1594631409
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.29 x 0.96 in (23.65 x 15.98 x 2.44 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Economics, Macroeconomics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013030299
  • Dewey Decimal Code 339.5

Media reviews

"Every Tim Harford book is cause for celebration. He makes ‘the dismal science’ seem like an awful lot of fun.”
– Malcolm Gladwell

“With fascinating examples and vivid explanations, Tim Harford succeeds in turning macroeconomics into a gripping read.”
—Simon Singh, author of Fermat’s Last Theorem

"Tim Harford is perhaps our very best popular economics writer, and with this book he turns his attention to inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and macroeconomics, with lucid clarity and compelling insight."
—Tyler Cowen, author of Create Your Own Economy and The Great Stagnation

“Tim Harford is perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world… what [he] has achieved with his new book is nothing less than the holy grail of popular economics. While retaining the accessible style of popular microeconomics, he has managed to explain, with clarity and good humour, the knottiest and most important problems facing the world’s biggest economies today.”
The New Statesman

“With beguiling clarity and…effortlessly breezy style… Harford explains the subject with impressive clarity and wit.”
The Times (London)

 

About the author

Tim Harford is the author of "The Undercover Economist," "The Logic of Life," and "Adapt." He is a weekly columnist for the "Financial Times," and his work has appeared in "The New York Times," "Forbes," "Esquire," "Parade," "New York," and "Wired." Harford lives with his family in Oxford.
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