Publications

The Economics Book

Type
Link
Cost
Paid
Published
2012
Full Name
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Economics Book is a simple and easy-to-follow guide that takes out all your complicated economic questions. This encyclopaedia uses a combination of authoritative, clear text, and bold graphics that explores and explains big questions and issues that affect us all—everything from taxation, to recession, to the housing market and much more. It also makes sense of abstract concepts through colorful graphics, fun facts, and step-by-step flow diagrams. You'll discover over 100 key ideas from the world's greatest theorists like Thomas Malthus, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman. In The Economics Book, you'll discover more than 100 of the greatest ideas, from the earliest experiences of trade to global economic crises, through exciting text and bold graphics. It is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK Books.

THE ECONOMICS BOOK CONTAINS:

  • More than 100 of the greatest ideas in economics

  • Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts

  • A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout

  • Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding


IT CONTAINS THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS:

  • Let the Trading Begin 400 BCE - 1770 CE

  • The Age of Reason 1770 - 1820

  • Industrial and Economic Revolutions 1820 - 1929

  • War and Depressions: 1929 - 1945

  • Post-War Economics 1945 - 1970

  • Contemporary Economics 1970 - Present