Economics Made Simple: How money, trade and markets really work

Madsen Pirie

janv. 2012 · Harriman House Limited

À propos de cet e-book

How do banks work? What does the City do? Why do prices rise or fall? Is competition wasteful? How can we create more wealth? What causes globalization and how does it affect people? This book answers these and other questions, not in the way that economics textbooks do - with graphs, abstract models, Jargon-ridden theory, and mathematical equations...

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Madsen Pirie is President of the Adam Smith Institute (www.adamsmith.org) and Senior Visiting Fellow in Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded the National Free Enterprise Award in 2010 (jointly with Dr Eamonn Butler). He frequently appears as a commentator on television and radio, and has published articles in most major national newspapers and magazines. Madsen often addresses university and school audiences on economic and policy issues, and occasionally participates in panel discussions and speaks at international conferences. He is a graduate of the Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Cambridge.

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