Unlike many economists, who present only one view of their discipline, Chang introduces a wide range of economic theories--from the Classical economists to the Behavioral economists, from the Marxists to the Austrians--revealing how each has its strengths and weaknesses and why there is no one correct way to explain economic behavior. Instead, by challenging received wisdom and exposing the myriad institutional, political, and technological forces...

"Big Money aims to explain economic principles to middle-grade readers in a way that combines the weird and the meaningful, like Planet Money for kids. The book will be organized in seven chapters, each posing a general question and answering it through real-world examples to help readers explore the consequences of their everyday economic choices by connecting the dots between themselves and the larger economic and social systems around them"--

"Plunder is a startling investigation into the poorly understood, powerful force of private equity that is reshaping the American economy: raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, increasing inequality, and shifting resources from productive partsof the economy to unproductive ones. Already transformative, private equity is poised to reshape the American economy in this decade the way that big tech did in the last decade, and subprime lenders...

"In the spirit of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and The Joy of Less, experience the benefits of buying less and sharing more with this accessible 7-step guide to decluttering, saving money, and creating community from the creators of the Buy Nothing Project"--

Una brillante selecci�on de valiosas propuestas pr�acticas e innovadoras que nos permitir�an mantener nuestro hogar en perfecto estado sin destinar una inmensa cantidad de tiempo a las tareas dom�esticas, para que as�i podamos despreocuparnos y disfrutar de nuestros momentos en casa. Invertimos infinidad de horas para que nuestros espacios est�en, como m�inimo, decentes. De modo que nos convertimos en esclavos de nuestro hogar y nos...

"A biography of the American economist Milton Friedman"--

"Tras un periodo de riqueza y acumulación, experimentado durante el boom de los años 60 y 70, los japoneses han vivido una fase deconvulsión y alejamiento del consumismo, acompañada por la necesidad física de liberarse de los objetos inútiles que se amontonaban en sus minúsculas viviendas. Tirar cosas, sin embargo, se convierte en una operación complicada porque topa con la antigua costumbre de la reutilización. Así, cada vez que tiramos...

Are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer? Is the U.S. economy truly just a giant free-for-all that encourages duplicity in our everyday transactions? Is everyone from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman really looking to make a buck at your expense? In Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't, economist and bestselling author John R. Lott, Jr., answers these and other common economic...