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304 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2012
"There is no rational justification for my family having the amount of money that it has... The only honest thing to say in defense of it is that we like having the money and the present social system allows us to keep it."Oh, but I haven't even mentioned the art! It's clean and clear and doesn't get in the way; which sounds like faint praise, but for a book like this, that's exactly what's called for! In fact I'd say it's clearer than either Gonick or McCloud, and Dan Burr has a very nice line in caricature. There's a lot of ironic subtext to be found in seeing which faces crop up again and again. As late in the book as the Clinton administration, for example... that nose... Adam Smith again??
Fixing those flaws means asking what we want from the economy. What kind of jobs do we want to work? What kind of lives do we want to lead? …The main thing to remember is that we can change things. We didn’t get where we are by the impersonal working of rigid laws; we got here by making decisions. We can make new decisions. Instead of arguing ourselves blue about what should work, we can try things and see what does work.I’d love to see Economix used as an introductory text. My 6th grade son picked it up before I could get it back to the library and is already deeply engrossed. I love it when he comes independently to books I’ve enjoyed. It’s great to hear him chuckling… and learning.