![]() Explaining these principles for the general public in plain English, with neither graphs nor equations nor jargon, is the goal and the achievement of "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell. Why are homeless people sleeping on the pavements of New York in the winter, when the abandoned apartment buildings in the city 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 has vast amounts of some of the richest farmland in Europe within easy driving distance? Why did unemployment reach 25 per cent and American corporations as a whole operate in the red for two years in a row during the Great Depression of the 1930s? All these very different - but equally puzzling and needless-tragedies grew out of a failure to understand and apply basic economic principles. This is a revised edition of the classic introduction to economics, updated with new material on the economic crisis of 2008 and the first years of the Obama administration's policies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Basic Economics 4th Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy ![]()
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