Economics For Dummies (2005)

by Sean Masaki Flynn

Series: for Dummies

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Grasp the history, principles, theories, and terminology of economics. This updated guide gives you a straightforward, easy-to-grasp understanding of how the economy functions-- and how it influences personal finances.

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To my dad, Thomas Ray Flynn, who always impressed upon me the importance of good economic policy for both improving our quality of life and as our last, best hope for lifting billions out of poverty and disease.

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Introduction -- Economics is all about humanity's struggle to achieve happiness in a world full of constraints. There's never enough time or money to do everything people want. And things like curing cancer are still impossible because the necessary technologies haven't yet been developed.

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