The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics
About this product
Another entry in the best-selling, irreverent, hard-hitting Politically Incorrect Guide series! Economics from a rational, conservative viewpoint — that is, a refreshing look at how money actually works from an author who knows the score, and how the law of economics are frequently broken and derailed by pernicious leftists and virtue signaling progressives. Markets Rule. Socialism Sucks.
Time to wise up. Think economics is the Dismal Science? No more! Here is the lowdown on the biases, superstitions, and outright falsehoods that permeate and corrupt economics and economic policy. Here's the skinny on the poisonous effects of socialism and crony capitalism. Even better, here is an irreverent but clear-eyed explanation of how markets and economies work and how government intervention so often doesn’t, routinely makes things worse, and how it's usually the cause of economic crises in the first place.
Here’s how the power of the free market bursts forth and conquers, despite the worms, leeches, slings and arrows of socialism and anarchy trying to do in human creativity and ingenuity at every turn. How the myth of so-called “market failure” is total bunk. Why every attempt by government to stabilize the economy seems to put it in a tailspin instead. How corporations cozy up to big government and use regulation to create monopoly profits. Why “stimulus spending” makes us poor and hands the power-seeking goons of the governing class even more control over our lives. Plus, here's a chance to supercharge your economic IQ with concentrated wisdom from masters of market scholarship Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, and more!
A no-nonsense, irreverent guide to economics from a legendary teacher, thinker, and Mises Institute scholar that may be the best book on economics since Adam Smith visited a pin factory, figured out how the division of labor works, and wrote it all down in one handy volume! Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say this book is informative, easy to read, and useful for understanding common-sense economics. Several reviewers describe it as well-written, plain-English, and worth rereading, while one reviewer calls it a "terrific read."
Review coverage outside Amazon is more limited, but a Mises Institute review praises it as a helpful way to understand economics from a free-market perspective. Search results also surfaced a Reddit discussion about the broader "Politically Incorrect Guide" series, but not much product-specific criticism for this exact title.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Regnery |
| Publication date | August 16, 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 256 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1684512980 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1684512980 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.2 x 0.6 x 9 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #514,509 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #170 in Macroeconomics (Books) #196 in Free Enterprise & Capitalism #668 in Political Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (112) |