About this title: Offering a primer on economic theory, this text aims to give an understanding of the causes and treatments of the problems of the late 1990s and the possible risks/rewards of the future. Topics covered include the impact of the globalization of capitalism and the effects of new technologies.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780684846415ISBN:0684846411
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"Having much enjoyed Heilbroner's The Worldly Philosophers, I picked this coauthored title up eagerly. It is not as fun--or funny--as that series of biographies of the great economists, but it is as easy to read and does serve as a very general introduction to economic theory. This edition, however, is dated by its attention to economic controversies current at the time of publication."
"Good book about how economics influence our every day life. It demonstrates how important it is to be involve in the political decisions of our country."
"This book is very insightful, but you should come into the book with a little bet of Economic knowledge since it is written by two professors one of which is the Professor of Economics at MIT's Sloan business school.
The most common phrase is "our answer is Yes and No..." which sets the tone for complexity in the balance required in economics and which sometimes leaves the reader without an exact way of measuring the benefit and the detriment of each consequence, or to put it shortly lost.
My favorite quotes sums up our current landscape:
"... it is merely a reminder of difficulty of doing business in a world that is hardly composed of like minded nations."
and
"Unlike any other social order, especially that of socialism in its Soviet form, capitalism thus contains a self-corrective potential... ""
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