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Harford, Tim, 1973-

The undercover economist strikes back : how to run - or ruin - an economy / Tim Harford. - First Riverhead trade paperback edition. - xxv, 244 pages ; 24 cm

"First edition: Little, Brown Book Group 2013. First American edition: Riverhead Books 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The economy: a user's manual -- The babysitting recession -- Money, money, money -- Just enough inflation -- Stimulus -- The prison camp recession -- Output gaps -- The invention of unemployment -- Boss-onomics --The sirens of macroeconomics -- The cult of GNP -- Happynomics -- Can growth continue forever? -- Inequality -- The future of macroeconomics.

"A lively and engaging exploration of macroeconomics that explains what's really happening to the world economy and what we can do about it - as consumers, voters, workers and human beings"-- c Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781594632914

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1990

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics.
Macroeconomics.
Economic history--1990-
Economic history.
Economics.
Macroeconomics.

LC Class. No.: HB172.5 / .H358 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 339.5