"John Tamny is a one-man antidote to economic obfuscation and mystification." --George Will, Nationally Syndicated Columnist "In spirit, Tamny does for Economics What the Gutenberg printing press did for the Bible, making a previously inaccessible subject open to all.
In Popular Economics, you\'ll discover: Ho.
If you can understand the four basic elements of economic growth--taxes, regulation, trade, and money-- prosperity will explode." Much like Freakonomics, Tamny uses pop culture and engaging stories to illustrate how understanding our economy is common sense--just look no further than the movies we enjoy, the sports we watch, and What we do every day.
Happily, economic growth is simple, too. "But Americans have allowed the so-called \'experts\' to convince them they can\'t understand, much less grow the economy. "Economics is easy, and its lessons are all around us," says Tamny.
In fact, we are all microeconomists in our daily lives. 99) Tamny translates the so-called difficult and intimidating subject of Economics into plain language, revealing that there is nothing mysterious about finance, commerce, and budgets.
I will be giving it out to friends, of all viewpoints, for a long, long time." - Cliff Asness, Managing Principal, AQR Capital Economics 101 In Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and Le Bron James Can Teach You about Economics (Regnery Publishing
April 13, 2015; $27.
It\'s a great way to learn economics, it\'s a very strong case for economic liberty, and it is an epic myth-buster.
It\'s as close to spiritual as you get in this realm--a better tutorial than any econ text." - Ken Fisher, Founder & CEO, Fisher Investments "John\'s book is many things.
Equally important, he does to economists What Toto did to the Wizard of Oz: pulling aside the curtain to expose the fraud that has become modern economics." --Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media "Ignore John Tamny\'s easy to read Popular Economics at your own moral peril. "John Tamny is a one-man antidote to economic obfuscation and mystification." --George Will, Nationally Syndicated Columnist "In spirit, Tamny does for Economics What the Gutenberg printing press did for the Bible, making a previously inaccessible subject open to all
