How to Argue with an Economist: Reopening Political Debate in Australia

by Lindy Edwards (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $39.80

  Explains the basic ideas in economics, and how you can argue with them.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.27

  This fascinating book reflects on how economics has become central to our lives, and how the 'economic rationalist' perspective has become the lens through which all matters in Australian public life are viewed. It explains how this economic world view systematically overlooks important social issues and how it transforms Australian culture. How to Argue with an Economist invites a broad general audience into debates that were once reserved for experts. Lindy Edwards, a former economic adviser in the Prime Minister's Department, has a talent for expressing concepts simply. She distils economics' key ideas into a lively and enjoyable read, explaining how economists think and then how you can argue with them.