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Basic Economics : A Common Sense Guide to the Economy / Thomas Sowell.
Lippincott Library HB171 .S713 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sowell, Thomas, 1930- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 689 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Other Title:
- Common sense guide to the economy
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
- Summary:
- 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 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? What are the reasons for the large differences in income and wealth between nations?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465060733
- 0465060730
- OCLC:
- 896828366
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