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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
A well written speed run through the development of economic thought. I was determined to read this once I learned that it actually bothered to talk at all about economics before the era of Adam Smith. Too many writers confuse the founding of modern economics with the founding of economics. The book itself consists of 40 tightly written 6 page chapters, including the introduction and conclusion. Each chapter gives a brief but effective overview of an economic concept and the people who contributed to it. It is not as in depth as similar books I have read, but I did repeatedly find that the succinct summaries allowed me to grasp concepts I had been struggling to comprehend just by the virture of its presentation. I would reccomend this to both someone new to the subject and even to someone more familiar who was looking for a refresher.
informative
fast-paced
A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early March.
This book offers not only info on economics, but issues of entitlement, usefulness, the 'expense' of making one choice and not another one (scarcity opportunity cost), allocation of resources, consumption of goods & resources, the history of economics (from ancient Greece and Mesopotamia to the modern era), the definition of marginal revenue, Victorian leisure class, income distribution, entrepreneurship and capitalism, and the mending of one's social life and their personal economy - all with chapters that are highlighted with impactful, simple woodcut illustrations.
This book offers not only info on economics, but issues of entitlement, usefulness, the 'expense' of making one choice and not another one (scarcity opportunity cost), allocation of resources, consumption of goods & resources, the history of economics (from ancient Greece and Mesopotamia to the modern era), the definition of marginal revenue, Victorian leisure class, income distribution, entrepreneurship and capitalism, and the mending of one's social life and their personal economy - all with chapters that are highlighted with impactful, simple woodcut illustrations.
This is a really good broad overview of the development of economic thought and as a result human history, might pick up a few more books in the Little History series.
They even had a few non western thinkers like Amartya Sen as showed how world view had such a big deal around where these thinkers were on the spectrum of economic thought.
If you want to know if you’re at least mildly interested in economics or some area in economics I think you should read this.
They even had a few non western thinkers like Amartya Sen as showed how world view had such a big deal around where these thinkers were on the spectrum of economic thought.
If you want to know if you’re at least mildly interested in economics or some area in economics I think you should read this.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
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inspiring
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A very beginner-friendly read if you have absolutely no background in economics and want to know a whole bunch of ideas really quickly. It details, in very simple terms, how our current idea of economics was formed, developed, changed by big events, and eventually settled into our current 2020 model. The book explains various schools of thought and the history of trade, money, credit, and more.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
As the title says, this is a little history of economics. In general is well written, but full of silly, over-simplistic examples. Apparently lots of economists truly believe that reality is full of silly, over-simplistic examples as well, so I have mixed feelings about them. The final chapters regarding feminist, behavioral economics, etc. seem more realistic though.