29 июн. 2022 г. · The book is very good at explaining some basic economic concepts such as scarcity and trade-offs, how markets operate and also has a lot of illustrations.

Оценка 4,8 (225) · 39,99 $ Customers find the book very readable, easy to understand, and well-written. They say it provides a simple understanding of complicated ideas, is insightful, ...

27 февр. 2023 г. · The answer in short is no, it is not a good book to start with. Firstly, it is outdated, not including the latest economic insights and more ...

Оценка 4,4 (1 299) · 25,99 $ Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics-for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations.

Taken alone or together, both volumes succeed admirably—each in its own way—in their intention to provide a broad public audience with clear and cogent guidance ...

19 авг. 2018 г. · It's a decent non-mathy introduction to economics. Sowell holds a strong ideology but does a good job of muting it in Basic Economics.

14 февр. 2017 г. · Basic Economics is a book for our times. It is somewhat imposing with over 600 pages of content, but there's a lot to talk about. The chapters ...

Оценка 4,8 (204) I like this book because it consciously shrugs off charts, graphs, and equations and gives instead a real-world, example-based overview of basic economic theory ...

Оценка 4,4 (667) Brief summary. Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell is an introductory book on economics that explains how various economic systems work and how to evaluate them.

A citizen's guide to the economy by Thomas Sowell. Release date: Feb. 15, 2001. Sowell's economics in a social vacuum is as meaningful as color in the absence ...