ENGLISH

Economic facts and fallacies

By Thomas Sowell

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2008
ISBN
0465003494, 9780465003495
Open Library ID
OL10277530M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1959451 bytes)
Pages
276\276
Topic
Economy
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
450
Orientation
no
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56
Финансово-экономические дисциплины;Экономика

Description

From one of America's most distinguished economists, a short, brilliant and revelatory book: the fundamental ideas people most commonly get wrong about economics, and how to think about the subject better. Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues--and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the readers. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power--and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy to follow style of the author's Basic Economics, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.

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