{"product_id":"economics-in-two-lessons-by-john-quiggin-9780691217420","title":"Economics in Two Lessons","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterly introduction to the key ideas behind the successes and failures of free-market economics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince 1946, Henry Hazlitt's bestselling \u003ci\u003eEconomics in One Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e has popularised the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market prices represent the true cost of everything. But one-lesson economics tells only half the story. It can explain why markets often work so well, but it can't explain why they often fail so badly—or what we should do when they stumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson quipped, 'When someone preaches \u003ci\u003eEconomics in one lesson\u003c\/i\u003e, I advise: Go back for the second lesson.' In \u003ci\u003eEconomics in Two Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, John Quiggin teaches both lessons, offering a masterly introduction to the key ideas behind the successes and failures of free markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly accessible, this book unlocks the essential issues at the heart of any economic question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best book to introduce you to economics.' - Ross Gittins, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Anyone who wants to understand the real workings and real limits of real markets should read this book.' - Ingrid Robeyns, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWellbeing, Freedom, and Social Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With apologies to Isaiah Berlin, Quiggin is a foxy hedgehog: He knows two big things, and these twin lessons - about the virtues and limits of markets - sustain a pioneering, persuasive, and even passionate case for democracy and the mixed economy. Make room for two lessons in your mind, and on your bookshelf.' - Jacob S. Hacker, coauthor of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647695077612,"sku":"9780691217420","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691217420-economics-in-two-lessons.jpg?v=1779230395","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/economics-in-two-lessons-by-john-quiggin-9780691217420","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}