Economics: The User’s Guide: A Pelican Introduction

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What is economics?
What can – and can”t – it explain about the world?
Why does it matter?

Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the Guardian. The Observer called his book 23 Things They Don”t Tell You About Capitalism, which was a no.1 bestseller, ”a witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy.” He won the Wassily Leontief Prize for advancing the frontiers of economic thought, and is a vocal critic of the failures of our current economic system.