Economy

An economy (From Greek οίκος – "household" and νęμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. Understood in its broadest sense, 'The economic is defined as a social domain that emphasizes the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the production, use and management of resources'. Economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Economic transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good ...more

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
The Intelligent Investor
Economics in One Lesson
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Road to Serfdom
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Harry Truman
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.
Harry S. Truman

Almeida Garrett
E eu pergunto aos economistas políticos, aos moralistas, se já calcularam o número de indivíduos que é forçoso condenar à miséria, ao trabalho desproporcionado, à desmoralização, à infâmia, à ignorância crapulosa, à desgraça invencível, à penúria absoluta, para produzir um rico?
Almeida Garrett

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