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Title: From Here to Economy: A Short Cut to Economic Literacy by Todd G. Buchholz ISBN: 0-452-27482-6 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fine introduction, though now somewhat dated.
Comment: *From Here to Economy* is a concise and entertaining (if you like the author's sense of humor) introduction to economics. Since the book is only about 250 pages long, the coverage of any given topic is not deep, but the author does touch on the key concepts and explain them at a level appropriate for the literate novice. The book divides the subject into 5 sections: macroeconomics, microeconomics, international trade and finance, personal finance and investing, and schools of economic thought. The section on personal finance and investing will, I think, be particularly useful to the average reader, since it ties the broader economic concepts discussed in the rest of the book into the economic questions that most of us face every day. This section is also the one that struck me as dated, in that it does not mention all the investment information (both good and bad) that is now readily available on the Internet. However, that's a minor flaw in an otherwise very useful work. Readers may also want to look at Sowell's *Basic Economics* -- Sowell gives a fuller discussion of microeconomics, but he's also much more tendentious than Buchholz, is not so good on international topics, and does not discuss personal finance or the history of economic theory.
Rating: 5
Summary: Simple, educational, and entertaining!
Comment: If you want to learn about the economy then this is the book for you! It's a great start if you know nothing about the economy. And even if you did some time ago, this book would still be a good refreshing resource.
I recommend this book for basic knowledge of the economy.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great and Easy to Understand Book!
Comment: I was asked to teach economics this year for the first time in several years. Thank goodness for this book, because without it I do not think I could teach the class. The great thing about this book is that it makes understanding economics easy and fun. Is this book for everyone. Of course not, I do not recommend economics for everyone. However, if you are in the postion where you must learn economics whether as a teacher, student, college student, or who ever this is the book to turn to. Anyone who needs to learn economics will be well off to purchase and read this book. I also highly recommend the authors other book Lessons from Dead Economists. Like this book, it is again highly usefull and extremely readable for the economically challenged. For those of us who need to know economics thank goodness for this book.
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Title: New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought by Todd G. Buchholz, Martin Feldstein ISBN: 0452280524 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Armchair Economist: Economics And Everyday Experience by Steven Landsburg ISBN: 0029177766 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan ISBN: 0393324869 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Economics in One Lesson by HENRY HAZLITT ISBN: 0517548232 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 14 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Principles of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw ISBN: 0324168624 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $120.95 |
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