The Economics Book

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Knowles also discusses how plutocratic London co-exists side by side with wealth from the Middle East and Britain; how income inequality was at its ugliest in the lead-up and aftermath of the fire at the low-income-housing Grenfell Tower in 2017 that killed 72 people and displaced everyone living there; and how life among some of London’s wealthy has carried on uninterrupted for generations. Also, I learned what 'the money supply' even is, and of course how politics and culture affect economics.

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Miestami to síce bolo len strohé vymenovávanie faktov a informácii, ale ak ste niekto, kto sa chce aspoň trošku dostať do obrazu a problematiky, istotne nebudete sklamaní. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. Intro to Modern Economic Growth Daron Acemoglu is a more advanced book that explores economics, and how they are constantly growing. She is a former professor at Goldsmiths and now a global professorial fellow at Queen Mary, both University of London, and the author of Flip-Flop: A Journey Through Globalisation’s Backroads and co-author of Hong Kong: Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys.

as “the science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses. After observing protests outside the Saudi embassy, Knowles notes, “Just as in London, you are supposedly never more than six feet away from a rat, in [moneyed] Mayfair, you are rarely far from a human rights violation. Economics for Dummies by Sean Masaki Flynn is a basic book that helps beginner economists understand the subject.

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She is a financial therapist and transformational coach, with a special interest in helping women learn how to invest. The downfall to this book is that, while claiming to be non-political, it does have political leanings. One of the Dorling Kindersley series dealing with science, religion, politics, philosophy, etc, aimed at a wide, interested, but non-expert audience. No mention whatsoever of public programs / properties which have been hugely beneficial in the advancement of society, such as libraries.

Economic books published in the last three years are not included, but everything else is fair game. In Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London, author and sociology professor Caroline Knowles takes you on a slow, satisfying stroll through super-wealthy London, thanks to interviews with movers and shakers, support staff, and consultants. It also includes articles from well-known publications like New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Economist. Economics is a broad topic and if you're not an economist by profession, your knowledge might be limited - until now!

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A New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, winner of the Financial Times and a McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” offers an unparalleled take on the history of wealth inequality in both Europe and the United States.

i>Overall, this book will make economics not only accessible but potentially even fascinating to a wide range of readers.