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Naked Economics - Undressing the Dismal Science (Paperback)
Short Description for Naked Economics - Undressing the Dismal ScienceExplaining global economics in language that the layman can understand, this book demystifies key concepts, lays bare the truth behind the numbers, and answers those questions you've always been embarassed to ask.
Full description- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Published: 07 October 2003
- Format: Paperback 388 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Economics | International Economics
- ISBN 13: 9780393324860 ISBN 10: 0393324869
- Sales rank: 59,124
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Reviews for Naked Economics - Undressing the Dismal Science
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Very good
I am undergrad economics student and this is by far the best book to introduce someone to real economics I've read. I've read several books, written for general audience by economists, like Freakonomics, and Tim Harford's, or Steven Landsburg's, but those merely try to explain funny facts with economics techniques or ideas. This book really tries to introduce the basic conclusions about economics that are more or less widely agreed by the professionals. We see that government is absolutely necessary for prosperity, but not too much. The case for free trade is probably one of the strongest in the science, and the book also explains that. These and many other subjects that I studied were represented in a book and explained in a clear and sometimes funny way to a lay person. I can't say I've learned anything I didn't already know from studying, but I wish I had read it just before starting to get my degree. by Luis Fonseca

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