A book for those who feel the need to comment on ecomomic matters

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	• Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science Charles Wheelan W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 - 260 pages average customer review:based on 133 reviews view larger image
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SImplification at its best...

Insightful and entertaining this book took a very complex set of issues and dilemmas and distilled them to a basic and understandable form. Realistic and meaningful observation and analogies to everyday situations make this a good read for those who want a better understanding of the fundamentals of how our global economy works.

This is the Trick Nasty of all economics books!

I am a college student who recently undertook the major of economics. Going into it I had my doubts. I heard whispers of the subject being dry and relatively uninteresting. Not one to drive blind, I decided to read up on the subject and stumbled on this book.

The book is keenly written and tackles interesting life subjects that are frowned upon by the average college economics book. This is the best of both worlds because one actually will want to read this book AND learn all the terms and nuances of economics that would be found in a text book.

By an means, if you are interested in econ, or are looking for a reason to be interested in it, read this book. It is sizzle.

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A book for those who feel the need to comment on ecomomic matters

If I could give one book to every US Senator and Congressman and make them read it, this would be the book. It is amazing how many people do not understand simple concepts like supply and demand. This book put economics in words even a politician could understand. It is a must read if you find economics confusing. It has no math or statistics. I would call it Synoptic Economics.

Average Level of "Interesting"

This book was a good introduction to economics and what this social science does, and tries to do. In fact, due to this book, I was able to learn exactly how the Federal Reserve Board actually fixes the nation's interest rate (I had always just figured that they just get together and decide, "O.K., this month it's 5%" and that was that; however, it is more involved that this and this book explain it clearly).

This book aims to be a good, generally overview to economics to 1) people who haven't learned anything about it before (for example, high school students), and/or 2) people who have studied it before but couldn't/don't remember what they were taught (I think I barely passed Intro. to Macroeconomics as an undergrad). I did learn by reading this book, but....

There are several typographical errors in this book. It seems like maybe it was rushed to the printer's without adequate proofreading (someone could have at least proofread this ONE time!).

Also, there are often times where the author is focusing on one point throughout a paragraph, but then suddenly introduces a barely related point as the final sentence of the paragraph. A few times, I was left re-reading the paragraph and the offending sentence and trying to piece together if there was actually a relationship, or if there was some type of typographical error, or why in fact that weird sentence was actually there.

I rated this 3 stars, and that is better the 2 stars or 1 star, but this book needs to be revised (hopefully an economist).

Compared to this book, I would recommend "Freakonomics."

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I loved this book

I have always wanted to understand fundamental economic ideas without all the statistics and other junk. This book was exactly what I wanted. It explains important economic theories in easy to understand ways. At the end of the book it also explains how the Federal Reserve can influence the economy. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants an overview of how capitalistic market economies work.

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