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if anyone is looking for even simpler material to introduce economics to a broad audience I'd recommend the comic written by peter schiff's father: How an econo
by nazgulnarsil 17y ago
if anyone is looking for even simpler material to introduce economics to a broad audience I'd recommend the comic written by peter schiff's father: How an economy grows and why it doesn't
Peter is reworking it for reprinting. I plan on buying multiple copies to lend out.
PDF warning:
http://freedom-school.com/money/how-an-economy-grows.pdf http://freedom-school.com/money/how-an-economy-grows.pdf
- tome 17y agoAn entertaining comic which covers the basics well but throws in the complexities of reality as an afterthought stated as fact with no justification: "Basic economic principles do not change with the size of the economy ... direct relationship between self sacrifice, savings, credit, investment, economic incentive, social and economic progress is always the same!" Yeah right. As an introduction to basic economic principles this comic is great, but it takes a firm position on aspects of economic theory that are very much up for debate. I'd call this propaganda.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agoin the absence of strong evidence that magic properties "emerge" as a result of dealing with larger scales I tend to believe the simplest explanation.