Basic Economics : A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (Edition 4) (CD-Audio)

from TomVeal

Dr. Sowell undertakes to explain economics to the layman, without using equations or graphs. He concentrates on the principles on which virtually all economists agree, even mischievously quoting Karl Marx now and then to show how broad the agreement is. Nonetheless, much of what he teaches will b...

from TomVeal

Dr. Sowell undertakes to explain economics to the layman, without using equations or graphs. He concentrates on the principles on which virtually all economists agree, even mischievously quoting Karl Marx now and then to show how broad the agreement is. Nonetheless, much of what he teaches will b...

from nittnut

I feel very satisfied to have completed this chunkster that has been on my list for several years. Basic Economics is pretty much a textbook, and I wish it was the one I had been taught from in high school. Thomas Sowell is definitely smart and I imagine he's an excellent economist. He's an even ...

from jimgag

This is one of the better books on economics that I have ever read. Being in the economics field, I have bogged myself down in equations, econometric modeling etc. But this book is for the layman and might be titled "Economics for the Layman" or "Common Sense Economics. his explanations and examp...

from fingerpost

Sowell excels at writing so that all the theories and issues are easily understood. He uses real life examples to illustrate almost everything. Never having studied economics at all, I learned a great deal, often changing my views on one issue or another.