The Best Book on the Market: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Economy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1906465053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Quite amazingly, the title is correct I haven't finished this book yet, but for me it actually IS "the best book on the market." I am no economist, but I have read Sowell's "Basic Economics, and Hazlitt, as well as large helpings of Ludwig von Mises and Hayek. All of these people wrote excellent books, but this particular minor classic rises to the status of a classic because of the author's . Even better than Freakonomics Thomas This is a fantastic explanation of how markets really work and why they're so important to our everyday lives. The book's economics are spot on, but this doesn't feel like an economics book. It's a very easy read, for one thing. The author uses fascinating, real-life examples to explain his points without lapsing into technical jargon. People tend think o. "Put well and simple" according to A Customer. The Best Book on the Market sets things out in the simplest terms that even the densest politician can understand. The pun-tastic title is a good clue at the nature of this book. There is none of the po-faced writing that can be found in many books on the subject.In an ideal world this book would be sent to every politician in London and Washington. It wo
"…Chancellor Geoffrey Howe…has endorsed a new tome by Adam Smith Institute boss Eamonn Butler on the power of free markets." (The Evening Standard, Monday 31st March 2008) "well writtenfull of rather good anecdotes about markets" (Dr Grumble Blog, September 26, 2008)
But how many of us understand how they work, and why? What does a ‘free market’ really mean? Do free markets actually exist? Should we have more or less of them? Most of all – do we really need to know all this? Answer: Yes we do.MAKING ECONOMICS SIMPLE SO THAT EVEN POLITICIANS CAN UNDERSTAND ITIf any mention of free markets sends your mind screaming back to your musty old school economics textbook, think again. Markets are everywhere. Maybe it’s time we all tried to understand it a little better. Abandoning complicated mumbo-jumbo, Eamonn Butler, Director of the UK’s leading free market think-tank, demystifies the world of markets, competition, monopolies and cartels, prices and overspills. Luckily Eamonn Butler is the ideal teacher to get us all up to speed. Dr Butler does this in style”.Lord Lawson, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer“Everyone in business would do well to understand the basic principles of markets which Dr Butler clarifies so well in this short book”.Allister Heath, Editor of The Business and Associate Editor of The Spectator "This book does great justice to the vibrancy of markets and what makes them tick"Ruth Richardson, fo