Basic Economics 3rd Ed

This completely revised and updated third edition of Thomas Sowell's instrumental work includes a new chapter on government finance. Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics--for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Sowell reveals the general principles behind any kind of economy--capitalist, sociali...

This completely revised and updated third edition of Thomas Sowell's instrumental work includes a new chapter on government finance. Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics--for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Sowell reveals the general principles behind any kind of economy--capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on. In readable language, he shows how to critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the goals they proclaim. With clear explanations of the entire field, from rent control and the rise and fall of businesses to the international balance of payments, this is the first book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy functions.

托马斯·索维尔（Thomas Sowell），美国当代杰出的自由主义经济学大师，芝加哥经济学派代表人物之一。现为斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员，曾在康奈尔大学、加州大学等讲授经济学，还在政府部门担任经济学顾问，获得过包括总统人文成就奖、全国人文学科奖、布莱德雷基金奖在内的众多荣誉。

他的著作有《美国种族简史》《知识分子与社会》《实用经济学》《被掩盖的经济真相》《房地产的繁荣与萧条》《知识和决策》等30多部作品，其中一些甚至多次再版。他的《经济学的思维方式》（Basic Economics）一书已被译成六种语言。其文章和随笔多次发表于《财富》《时代周刊》《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》等知名媒体。