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How Economics Works: The Concepts Visually Explained
Discover everything you need to know about Economics.
What is Economics? Why do consumers borrow and save? How do economic systems work? Money and investing can be daunting. This book covers all of the key aspects of economic theory and history.
How Economics Works brings you the facts visually explained.
With this simple Economics book, you can
An introduction to complex concepts and new ideas for beginnersA systematic layout of text and graphics to make the topic of Economics more approachableDifferent materials, diagrams, and theories to supplement studiesA practical, no-nonsense approach assisting you with understanding the fundamentals of Economics
Find chapters that outline fundamentals, microeconomics, macroeconomics, trade, and finance.
At DK, we are fascinated by How Stuff Works. So why stop here?
How Economics Works is part of DK's widely successful How Stuff Works series. Discover the inner workings of the mind with How the Brain Works, succeed in all things Science with How Science Works and discover the cosmos like you've never known before with How Space Works. Whatever topic sparks your interest, there's so much more to unpack!
What is Economics? Why do consumers borrow and save? How do economic systems work? Money and investing can be daunting. This book covers all of the key aspects of economic theory and history.
How Economics Works brings you the facts visually explained.
With this simple Economics book, you can
An introduction to complex concepts and new ideas for beginnersA systematic layout of text and graphics to make the topic of Economics more approachableDifferent materials, diagrams, and theories to supplement studiesA practical, no-nonsense approach assisting you with understanding the fundamentals of Economics
Find chapters that outline fundamentals, microeconomics, macroeconomics, trade, and finance.
At DK, we are fascinated by How Stuff Works. So why stop here?
How Economics Works is part of DK's widely successful How Stuff Works series. Discover the inner workings of the mind with How the Brain Works, succeed in all things Science with How Science Works and discover the cosmos like you've never known before with How Space Works. Whatever topic sparks your interest, there's so much more to unpack!
226 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2024
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Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
Source: Wikipedia.
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February 11, 2025
DO NOT BUY/READ THIS BOOK!!! It has inaccuracies in it!
p.46/7 Confuses description of perfectly elastic and perfectly inelastic
p.90/1 says that "total value of exported goods and services subtracted from the total value of imports" Net exports are exports minus imports or in other words imports subtracted from exports
Calls controlling the money supply fiscal policy and levying taxes monetary policy
Loosely uses the terms capital and resources
I wanted to like this book so much because the illustrations are beautiful and help tell the story and I like the concept of introducing just the main ideas to a novice. However, someone new to economics is not going to know that the above statements are wrong and who knows which mistakes I've missed. I simply can't recommend an economics book that has mistakes in its explanations of economics.
This is the first ever review where I typed a message and I hate that it's negative. But you should beware trying to learn economics from this resource.
p.46/7 Confuses description of perfectly elastic and perfectly inelastic
p.90/1 says that "total value of exported goods and services subtracted from the total value of imports" Net exports are exports minus imports or in other words imports subtracted from exports
Calls controlling the money supply fiscal policy and levying taxes monetary policy
Loosely uses the terms capital and resources
I wanted to like this book so much because the illustrations are beautiful and help tell the story and I like the concept of introducing just the main ideas to a novice. However, someone new to economics is not going to know that the above statements are wrong and who knows which mistakes I've missed. I simply can't recommend an economics book that has mistakes in its explanations of economics.
This is the first ever review where I typed a message and I hate that it's negative. But you should beware trying to learn economics from this resource.
March 14, 2025
A comprehensive survey of economic principles and philosophy with illustrations to unpack the ideas as simple as possible. Having taken a few economics classes in college, I was curious about a revisit. This book delivered a full review plus expanding ideas that have developed in the last 20 years (environmental economics, crypto currency, examples from a global pandemic, etc.)
August 25, 2024
An overview of the basics of micro and macroeconomics that I think could work well within government class. More of a reference text that could provide information to create activities from.
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