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50 Economics Classics
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy
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Your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance and the global economy - revised and updated to reflect on seminal ideas for the world's economic challenges ahead.
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Economics drives the modern world and shapes our lives, but few of us feel we have time to engage with the breadth of ideas in the subject.
50 Economics Classics is the smart person's guide to two centuries of discussion on finance, capitalism, and the global economy. From Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations to Thomas Piketty's bestseller Capital in the Twenty-First Century, here are the great reads, seminal ideas, and famous texts, clarified and illuminated for all.
The revised edition will:
- Include 5-6 new titles addressing more up-to-date areas of the subject such as The Bitcoin Standard, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, and Discrimination and Disparities.
- Feature a revised introduction to reflect on the current turbulence and challenges facing the global economy over the next decade.
- Have some of the less relevant titles removed.
E&T magazine describes the book as "something of a modern classic in its own right."
50 Economics Classics is a celebration of the large imaginative canvasses of the great economists. Butler-Bowdon's choices are broad, interdisciplinary, and compellingly idiosyncratic. His chapters are not simply straight summaries of the chosen works, but thoughtful reflections on why we should care about this or that book and what its relevance is for us today. Butler-Bowdon's renderings are done so well that one might never bother going back to the original! Professional economists, students, and general readers alike will find much here to delight in and many new byways to explore.
Niall Kishtainy, Fellow in Economic History, London School of Economics
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50 Economics Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon provides succinct summaries and insights into major works in economic thought. Reviews often highlight its accessibility and utility as a comprehensive guide for understanding key economic concepts and influential economists. The book is praised for its ability to distil complex ideas into engaging, readable sections, making it a valuable resource for both students of economics and casual readers interested in the field.
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ISBN: 9781399800990
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 July 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Business
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 136.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Tom Butler-Bowdon is recognised as an expert on personal development literature. His 50 Classics series has been hailed as the definitive guide to the literature of possibility, and has won numerous awards including the Benjamin Franklin Self-Help Award and Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award. A graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney, he lives and works in both the Oxford, UK and Australia. www.butler-bowdon.com
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