The Economics Book is a simple and easy-to-follow guide that takes out all your complicated economic questions. This encyclopaedia uses a combination of authoritative, clear text, and bold graphics that explores and explains big questions and issues that affect us all—everything from taxation, to recession, to the housing market and much more. It also makes sense of abstract concepts through colorful graphics, fun facts, and step-by-step flow diagrams. You'll discover over 100 key ideas from the world's greatest theorists like Thomas Malthus, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman. In The Economics Book, you'll discover more than 100 of the greatest ideas, from the earliest experiences of trade to global economic crises, through exciting text and bold graphics. It is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK Books.
More than 100 of the greatest ideas in economics
Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts
A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout
Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding
IT CONTAINS THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS:
Let the Trading Begin 400 BCE - 1770 CE
The Age of Reason 1770 - 1820
Industrial and Economic Revolutions 1820 - 1929
War and Depressions: 1929 - 1945
Post-War Economics 1945 - 1970
Contemporary Economics 1970 - Present