| Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One Library Edition Contributor(s): Sowell, Thomas (Author), Emerson, Brian (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786172266 ISBN-13: 9780786172269 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Thomas Sowell, a leading conservative economist, focuses on the application of economics to major contemporary real world problems--housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations. His audience is the average citizen who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 330 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.5" W x 6.46" (0.58 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is geared to the average citizen with little or no economics background who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. Many of today's economic issues are obscured by their inherent complexity and the often confusing and conflicting views coming from political talking heads. Sowell, a leading conservative economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, seeks to alleviate this confusion. He begins by elucidating the differences between politicians, who are often compelled by political considerations to act for the short term, and economists, who are more concerned with long-term ramifications. Sowell then focuses on the application of economics to major contemporary real-world problems--housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Emerson, Brian: - Brian Emerson is an actor and technical director with a long career in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore areas. Sowell, Thomas: -Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and the author of A Personal Odyssey, The Vision of the Anointed, Ethnic America, and several other books. His essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and Fortune and are syndicated in 150 newspapers. He lives in Stanford, California. |