Economics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction

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Penguin UK, May 1, 2014 - Business & Economics - 528 pages

What is economics?
What can - and can't - it explain about the world?
Why does it matter?

Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the Guardian. The Observer called his book 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, which was a no.1 bestseller, 'a witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy.' He won the Wassily Leontief Prize for advancing the frontiers of economic thought, and is a vocal critic of the failures of our current economic system.

 

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Contents

USING
How Many Do You Want It to
CHAPTER 8
Trouble at the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 9
Copyright

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About the author (2014)

Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University. His book 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism was a no.1 bestseller and was called by the Observer 'a witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy.' He is a popular columnist at the Guardian, and a vocal critic of the failures of our economic system.

Bibliographic information

TitleEconomics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction
Pelican Books
AuthorHa-Joon Chang
PublisherPenguin UK, 2014
ISBN0718197046, 9780718197049
Length528 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Business & Economics / Economics / General
Business & Economics / Economics / Theory
  
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