The Little Book of Economics
How the Economy Works in the Real World, Revised and Updated
2nd Edition
Published on 17. December 2012
288 pages
978-1-118-42178-9 (ISBN)
Description
An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economyreally works and its role in your everyday life
Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lotcloser attention to the economy than ever before. But economics,with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulascan be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own.Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like apatient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respectedeconomics journalists, walks you through everything you need toknow about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon andlong on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of importantterms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, thisrevised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues youin on what's really going on, what it means to you and what weshould be demanding our policymakers do about the economy goingforward.
* From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budgetdeficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that reallymatters about economics and its impact on everyday life
* Special sections featuring additional resources of everysubject discussed and where to find additional information to helpyou learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoingdevelopments
* Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economiccrisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessivegreed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid anothereconomic cataclysm
* Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, thesources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between theeconomy's winners and losers keeps widening
Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lotcloser attention to the economy than ever before. But economics,with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulascan be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own.Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like apatient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respectedeconomics journalists, walks you through everything you need toknow about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon andlong on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of importantterms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, thisrevised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues youin on what's really going on, what it means to you and what weshould be demanding our policymakers do about the economy goingforward.
* From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budgetdeficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that reallymatters about economics and its impact on everyday life
* Special sections featuring additional resources of everysubject discussed and where to find additional information to helpyou learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoingdevelopments
* Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economiccrisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessivegreed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid anothereconomic cataclysm
* Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, thesources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between theeconomy's winners and losers keeps widening
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GREG IP is an award-winning journalist and the U.S. Economics Editor for The Economist magazine, based in Washington, DC. He's spent two decades in financial and economic journalism, including eleven years at the Wall Street Journal in both New York and Washington, DC, and before that, stints at the Financial Post and the Globe and Mail in Canada. He appears frequently on television and radio, including National Public Radio, PBS, and MSNBC and is a regular on-air contributor to CNBC. Greg attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he earned a degree in economics and journalism.He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
Content
Foreword xiii
Introduction xix
Chapter One The Secrets of Success 1
Chapter Two Economic Bungee Jumping 25
Chapter Three In-Flight Monitor 37
Chapter Four Labor Pains 53
Chapter Five Fire and Ice 71
Chapter Six Drop the Puck! 93
Chapter Seven All the World's an ATM 111
Chapter Eight The Price of Economic Freedom 123
Chapter Nine All the President's Men 141
Chapter Ten The Buck Starts Here 155
Chapter Eleven White Smoke over the Washington Mall 167
Chapter Twelve When the World Needs a Fireman 187
Chapter Thirteen The Elephant in the Economy 201
Chapter Fourteen Good Debt, Bad Debt 219
Chapter Fifteen Love-Hate Relationship 237
Acknowledgments 257
About the Author 259
Introduction xix
Chapter One The Secrets of Success 1
Chapter Two Economic Bungee Jumping 25
Chapter Three In-Flight Monitor 37
Chapter Four Labor Pains 53
Chapter Five Fire and Ice 71
Chapter Six Drop the Puck! 93
Chapter Seven All the World's an ATM 111
Chapter Eight The Price of Economic Freedom 123
Chapter Nine All the President's Men 141
Chapter Ten The Buck Starts Here 155
Chapter Eleven White Smoke over the Washington Mall 167
Chapter Twelve When the World Needs a Fireman 187
Chapter Thirteen The Elephant in the Economy 201
Chapter Fourteen Good Debt, Bad Debt 219
Chapter Fifteen Love-Hate Relationship 237
Acknowledgments 257
About the Author 259
