Naked Economics - Undressing the Dismal Science (Hardcover)

Finally! A book about economics that won't put you to sleep.

Economics—it's everywhere you look, at the gas station and the grocery store, in your mailbox and your piggy bank. From those lollipops you buy at age five to that mortgage payment you make at age thirty-five, the "dismal science," as Thomas Carlyle called it, has you surrounded.

Dismal, it's called. But as Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Economics, this essential science can be a rollicking good time. By "undressing" economics—stripping away all of the diagrams, equations, and jargon—and adding a dose of humor, Wheelan brings this often-overlooked subject to life. Packed with witty anecdotes and commonsensical examples culled from as far as sub-Saharan Africa and as near as the author's own backyard, this book is a fun and breezy tour of the economic world all around us.

Naked Economics is the perfect book for all of us who want another crack at Econ 101. It demystifies key concepts, lays bare the truths behind the numbers, and answers all of those "dumb" questions we've always been too embarrassed to ask. For all the discussion of Alan Greenspan in the media, what does the Fed actually do? What about all the debate over globalization and world trade? And tell me, how do I turn my money into more on Wall Street?

An economics book that won't put you to sleep—some said it couldn't be done. An entertaining book that will turn you into a sophisticated and educated citizen—impossible! Luckily, Wheelan has proven the naysayers wrong. Open up Naked Economics for economics like you've never seen it before.

"Wheelan has an anti-Midas touch. If he touched gold he would turn it to life. . . . I have often considered writing a basic introduction to economics myself. . . . Had I done so, this is the book I would have wanted to write." —Burton G. Malkiel, from the Foreword

"I devoured Naked Economics whole, start to finish. Finally an economist was speaking my language! Finally I could grasp not only the meanings of all those acronyms I only pretended to understand but also how the institutions and concepts for which they stand might—and do—impact my life. Bravo, Charles Wheelan, for doing the impossible: making the study of economics fascinating, comprehensible, and laugh-out-loud funny." —Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War

"I recommend this book to anyone who wants to gain an understanding of basic economics with little pain and much pleasure." —Gary Becker, 1992 Nobel Prize winner in economics

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