{"product_id":"economics-explained-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-economy-works-and-where-its-going-paperback","title":"Economics Explained: Everything You Need to Know about How the Economy Works and Where It's Going - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert L. Heilbroner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLester Thurow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn its fourth edition, \u003ci\u003eEconomics Explained\u003c\/i\u003e continues its announced purpose--to explain that mysterious thing called economics--with a new urgency.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is announced in the first sentence of the introduction: \"Just in case the reader-to-be hasn't noticed, disturbing things are going on in the American economy these days.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition is about these disturbing things: a trend toward inequality of incomes, the appearance of a new \"globalized\" capitalism, the \"specter\" of inflation. As before, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow treat these problems in language that seeks to make clear their causes and treatments. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Heilbroner and Thurow -- two of America's most respected and articulate economists -- offer all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some 20 books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLester Carl Thurow was a political economist, former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of books on economic topics.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52299305287954,"sku":"9780684846415","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/bU4wVytvN0tVZ2lGYWRaWDNreHRwdz09.webp?v=1779825342","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/economics-explained-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-economy-works-and-where-its-going-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}