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Economics For Dummies
by Sean Masaki Flynn

Economics For Dummies
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Author: Sean Masaki Flynn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-08
ISBN: 0764557262
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: For Dummies

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Book Review: "Economics" to make you a dummie
Summary: 1 Stars

I have always prided my ability to pick out and buy worth while books. My self esteem was seriously damaged when I tried to read this purchase. Charts and tables were beyond comprehension, maybe I need a couple degrees beyond my PhD, who knows. The words and explanations were not for dummies, not up to dummy standards, dummies would have been bored to tears - now I know first hand what John Taylor Gatto meant when he said our education is dumbing us down. One might say I just didn't appreciate his stylistics, true, but I do have a real problem with the books content. Every historical episode has at least 2, maybe more, interpretations and/or evaluations, there is always some opposition to every idea/proposal, but in this pollyanna version of history you will only find one version, one point of view. Although there are many different economical systems that could dominate and control a society/country, you won't discover that in this book. To learn what economics is about one needs to place studies in context, in historical periods where the theories were proposed and why (mainly controlling money and the world). If that is your interest, skip this book. Instead try "The Worldly Philosophers" by Heilbroner, "The Web of Debt" by Brown, or "The Lost Science of Money" by Zarlenga.

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