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The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume II: Macroeconomics by Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.

The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume II: Macroeconomics

Volume Two: Macroeconomics

Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.

Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · December 20, 2011

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Who it’s for
A playful, accessible route into the forces shaping economies—and the headlines they generate.
Themes
Macroeconomics and national economies, Unemployment, inflation, and debt, Economic growth and collapse
Genres
Macroeconomics, Nonfiction Comics, Money & Monetary Policy

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Need to understand today's economy? This is the book for you. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume Two: Macroeconomics is the most accessible, intelligible, and humorous introduction to unemployment, inflation, and debt you'll ever read. Whereas Volume One: Microeconomics dealt with the optimizing individual, Volume Two: Macroeconomics explains the factors that affect the economy of an entire country, and indeed the planet.

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It explores the two big concerns of macroeconomics: how economies grow and why economies collapse. It illustrates the basics of the labor market and explains what the GDP is and what it measures, as well as the influence of government, trade, and technology on the economy. Along the way, it covers the economics of global poverty, climate change, and the business cycle. In short, if any of these topics have cropped up in a news story and caused you to wish you grasped the underlying basics, buy this book.

Economics, Illustrated

A playful, accessible route into the forces shaping economies—and the headlines they generate.

Come here for

  • Cartoon-led explanations of GDP, inflation, unemployment, and debt
  • Big-picture links among growth, trade, technology, and climate change

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  • A humorous introduction to economies at national and global scale
  • Clear basics behind economic growth and collapse

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Macroeconomics98%
Nonfiction Comics57%
Money & Monetary Policy28%

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Publisher categories

  • Macroeconomics
  • Nonfiction Comics
  • Graphic Biography & Memoir
Authors
Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published
December 20, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Macroeconomics and national economies · Unemployment, inflation, and debt · Economic growth and collapse
Reading lane
Macroeconomics