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The Rough Guide to Economics
From first economic principles to the financial crisis
The Rough Guide to Economics takes you through the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 and its resulting global problems and explores economics right from its foundations to the present day.
Issues caused by the recent financial crisis continue to dominate news across the world and if you want to gain a clear understanding of how economics are central to your world, the Rough Guide to Economics is the ideal no-nonsense guide for you. It explains everything you need to know about monetary policy, inflation, international trade and all the major topics within economics. With the election not too far off it also provides clear-cut information on government tax and spending decisions. You'll discover how economics can illuminate topics as diverse as globalization and development, climate change, and poverty. You'll even be able to see the relevance of economics to topics closer to home such as friendship, smoking and K-pop, and how findings from psychology have influenced economic thinking.
Whether you want to learn about economics for work or studies, need a handy reference, or want a clear understanding of the effect of economics on your world, the Rough Guide to Economics is the book for you, with no knowledge of mathematics required.
The Rough Guide to Economics takes you through the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 and its resulting global problems and explores economics right from its foundations to the present day.
Issues caused by the recent financial crisis continue to dominate news across the world and if you want to gain a clear understanding of how economics are central to your world, the Rough Guide to Economics is the ideal no-nonsense guide for you. It explains everything you need to know about monetary policy, inflation, international trade and all the major topics within economics. With the election not too far off it also provides clear-cut information on government tax and spending decisions. You'll discover how economics can illuminate topics as diverse as globalization and development, climate change, and poverty. You'll even be able to see the relevance of economics to topics closer to home such as friendship, smoking and K-pop, and how findings from psychology have influenced economic thinking.
Whether you want to learn about economics for work or studies, need a handy reference, or want a clear understanding of the effect of economics on your world, the Rough Guide to Economics is the book for you, with no knowledge of mathematics required.
336 pages, Paperback
First published March 3, 2014
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1,346 books36 followersFounded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
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With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.
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October 2, 2022This appears to be a pretty good introduction to economics. It's not easy and quickly gets into the jargon followed by acronyms and then puts those acronyms on graphs. But that's not the reason why I abandoned this book. I was just so bored and unengaged. I tried jumping to chapters that I thought would be of more interest, but I was still bored. I realised I can't consume content like this in written form. It just doesn't work.
December 8, 2025
This is a very clever book. Pithy explanations of economic concepts. Plenty of dad humour. Brilliantly written. Contemporary cases, and up to date with the latest literature as of the time of publication. 10/10 as a refresher text for folks who have studied economics and don't want to pick up a textbook.
January 29, 2020
A great Book for a quick review
August 13, 2014
It's exactly as the name implies, a no frills overview of Economics. Doesn't swing to hard new school or old school (but doesn't ignore either, as perhaps some Econ devotees may hope).
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October 23, 2014- available in SG NLB 330 (Sengkang)
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