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An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economy
really works and its role in your everyday life
Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lot
closer attention to the economy than ever before. But economics,
with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulas
can be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own.
Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like a
patient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respected
economics journalists, walks you through everything you need to
know about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon and
long on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of important
terms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, this
revised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues you
in on what's really going on, what it means to you and what we
should be demanding our policymakers do about the economy going
forward.
From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budget
deficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that really
matters about economics and its impact on everyday life
Special sections featuring additional resources of every
subject discussed and where to find additional information to help
you learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoing
developments
Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economic
crisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessive
greed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid another
economic cataclysm
Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, the
sources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between the
economy's winners and losers keeps widening
Auteur
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.
Résumé
An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economy really works and its role in your everyday life Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lot closer attention to the economy than ever before. But economics, with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulas can be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own. Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like a patient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respected economics journalists, walks you through everything you need to know about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon and long on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of important terms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, this revised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues you in on what's really going on, what it means to you and what we should be demanding our policymakers do about the economy going forward.
Contenu
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