Full name: Economics Explained: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going

Authors: Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester C. Thurow Year: 1982 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Economics, Non Fiction, Business Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780684846415 0684846411

Economics Explained has an announced purpose to explain that mysterious thing called economics. But there is a new urgency to the book. It is announced in the first sentence of the introduction: "Just in case the reader-to-be hasn't noticed, disturbing things are going on in the American economy these days." This new edition is about these disturbing things: a trend toward inequality of incomes, the appearance of a new "globalized" capitalism, the "specter" of inflation. As before, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow treat these problems in language that seeks to make clear their causes and treatments. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Heilbroner and Thurow--two of America's most respected and articulate economists--offer all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society.