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Naked Economics

Undressing the Dismal Science
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Naked Economics offers a lively and accessible introduction to economic principles, demystifying complex topics such as automation, trade, income inequality, and national debt. This updated edition reflects on events since the financial crisis, revealing how policymakers handled one of the gravest economic challenges since the Great Depression. Written with wit and clarity, it transforms economics from a dry subject into an engaging and essential read.
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Naked Economics gives you the tools to engage with pleasure and confidence in the deeply relevant, not so dismal science.

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“[Wheelan is] the Dave Barry of the coin-flipping set.”— New York Times

At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be able to put this bestseller down. In our challenging economic climate, this perennial favourite of students and general readers is more than a good read, it’s a necessary investment—with a blessedly sure rate of return.

This revised and updated edition includes commentary on hot topics such as automation, trade, income inequality, and America’s rising debt. Ten years after the financial crisis, Naked Economics examines how policymakers managed the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Demystifying buzzwords, laying bare the truths behind oft-quoted numbers, and answering the questions you were always too embarrassed to ask, the breezy Naked Economics gives you the tools to engage with pleasure and confidence in the deeply relevant, not so dismal science.

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Gary Becker, 1992 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, praises the book as an enjoyable and painless way to grasp fundamental economic concepts.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393356496

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: ---

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Burton G. Malkiel

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Charles Wheelan is the author of the best-selling Naked Statistics and Naked Economics and is a former correspondent for the Economist. He teaches public policy at Dartmouth College and lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his family. Burton G. Malkiel is the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics Emeritus at Princeton University. He is a former member of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and dean of the Yale School of Management. He resides in New Jersey.

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