Book description
An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economy really
works and its role in your everyday life
Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lot closer
attention to the economy than ever before. But economics, with its
weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulas can be a very
difficult subject to get to grips with on your own. Enter Greg Ip and
his Little Book of Economics. Like a patient, good-natured
tutor, Greg, one of today's most respected economics journalists,
walks you through everything you need to know about how the economy
works. Short on technical jargon and long on clear, concise,
plain-English explanations of important terms, concepts, events,
historical figures and major players, this revised and updated edition
of Greg's bestselling guide clues you in on what's really going on,
what it means to you and what we should be demanding our policymakers
do about the economy going forward.
- From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budget
deficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that
really matters about economics and its impact on everyday life
- Special sections featuring additional resources of every subject
discussed and where to find additional information to help you
learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoing developments
- Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economic
crisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessive
greed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid another
economic cataclysm
- Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, the
sources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between the
economy's winners and losers keeps widening
GREG IP is an award-winning journalist and the U. S. Economics
Editor for The Economist magazine, based in Washington, DC.
He's spent two decades in financial and economic journalism, including
eleven years at the Wall Street Journal in both New York and
Washington, DC, and before that, stints at the Financial Post
and the Globe and Mail in Canada. He appears frequently on
television and radio, including National Public Radio, PBS, and MSNBC
and is a regular on-air contributor to CNBC. Greg attended Carleton
University in Ottawa, Canada, where he earned a degree in economics
and journalism. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
