Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)
- ISBN-10
- 0393337642
- ISBN-13
- 9780393337648
- Series
- Naked Economics
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-19
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Charles Wheelan
Description
Seeks to provide an engaging and comprehensive primer to economics that explains key concepts without technical jargon and using common-sense examples.
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- 2010-04-19
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- W. W. Norton & Company
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- 2003-09-17
- 260 pages
- Paperback
- W. W. Norton & Company
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