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On the one hand… there isn’t a simple explanation of economics.

On the other hand… there are some great books illuminating the dismal science!

All of these books are located in the Adult Nonfiction section of the Library.

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Adler, Moshe. Economics for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal. 2010. (330 A).

Akerlof, George A. and Rachel E. Kranton. Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being. 2010. (306.3 A).

Altman, Daniel. Outrageous Fortunes: The Twelve Surprising Trends that Will Reshape the Global Economy. 2011. (330.9 A).
     Also available: CD

Ariely, Dan. Predictably Irrational: the Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions.
2008. (330.019 A).
     Also available: CD

Beattie, Alan. False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World.
2009. (330.9 B).

Bloom, Howard K. The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-vision of Capitalism.
2010. (330.122 B).

Boeckh, J. Anthony. The Great Reflation: How Investors Can Profit from the New World of Money. 2010. (332.6 B).

Buchholz, Todd G. New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought. 1989. (330.09 B).

Coyle, Diane. The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters.
2010. (330 C).

Ferguson, Niall. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. 2008.
(330.09 F).
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook

Fox, Justin. The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street. 2009. (332.64 F).

Frank, Robert H. The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times. 2009. (330 F).

Frank, Robert H. and Ben S. Bernanke. Principles of Macroeconomics. 2011. (339 F).

Friedman, Thomas L. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.
2006. (303.4833 F).
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. 1998. (330.973 G).

Gorman, Tom. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Economics. 2011. (330 G).

Guide to Economic Indicators: Making Sense of Economics. 2011. (330.015195 G).

Gwartney, James D. Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know about Wealth and Prosperity. 2010. (330 C).

Harford, Tim. The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World.
2009. (339 H).

Krugman, Paul R. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008.
2009. (338.542 K).
     Also available: CD

Levitt, Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. 2005. (330 L).
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook, eBook

Omae, Ken’ichi. The Invisible Continent: Four Strategic Imperatives of the New Economy. 2000. (382.71 O).

Overtveldt, Johan Van. The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business. 2007. (330.1553 O).

Porter, Eduardo. The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do. 2011. (338.521 P).

Roubini, Nouriel and Stephen Mihm. Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance. 2010. (338.542 R).
     Also available: CD

Schumacher, E.F. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered: 25 Years Later ... with Commentaries. 1973. (330 S).

Seabright, Paul. The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life.
2004. (302 S).

Skousen, Mark. EconoPower: How a New Generation of Economists Is Transforming the World. 2008. (330 S).
     Also available: CD

Sowell, Thomas. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy.
2011. (330 S).
     Also available: eAudiobook

Tapscott, Don and Anthony D. Williams. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. 2006. (658.046 T).
     Also available: CD

Weaver, Frederick Stirton. Economic Literacy: Basic Economics with an Attitude.
2011. (330 W).

Wheelan, Charles. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science. 2010. (330 W).