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Basic economics : a common sense guide to the economy / Thomas Sowell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 689 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- Thomas Sowell explains the principles of economics in plain jargon for the general public, answering questions like: Why are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks of New York in the winter, when the abandoned apartment buildings have four times as many dwelling units as there are homeless people in the city? Why did Russians have to import food to feed people in Moscow, when Russia itself had vast amounts of some of the richest farmland in Europe?
- Contents:
- What is economics?
- Prices and markets
- Industry and commerce
- Work and pay
- Time and risk
- The national economy
- The international economy
- Special economic issues.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465022526
- 0465022529
- OCLC:
- 617479082
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