Little Books. Big Profits: The Little Book of Economics (Hardcover)

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

The subtitle includes the words ... in the Real World." Bull. Ip's mother was an economist, he lives in Bethesda (suburb of Washington DC) and he works for The Economist magazine. Rich countries do *not* need to keep growing - our standard of living is high enough to drain the resources of the en...

from deusvitae

A great primer on modern economic theory in practice, explaining matters of capital, labor, monetary policy, economic policy, and other matters, well illustrating the major economic events over the past few generations.

from RobertP

Brilliant explanation of how the US economy works. Directed at the educated layman, it lays out succinctly and clearly how things operate. Greg Ip captures the Economist style - he is a reporter for that magazine - well.