Applied Economics
Thinking beyond Stage One

Name: Applied Economics
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Sowell
ISBN: 9781538484890

Author: Thomas Sowell

Narrator: Brian Emerson

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 02/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics

Synopsis

This book is geared to the average citizen with little or no economics background who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. Many of today’s economic issues are obscured by their inherent complexity and the often confusing and conflicting views coming from political talking heads. Sowell, a leading conservative economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, seeks to alleviate this confusion.He begins by elucidating the differences between politicians, who are often compelled by political considerations to act for the short term, and economists, who are more concerned with long-term ramifications. Sowell then focuses on the application of economics to major contemporary real-world problems—housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations.

About Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. For more than half a century, his writings have appeared in both popular and scholarly publications, on both sides of the Atlantic, and his books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. After a career as an economist in the government, academia and the corporate world, he has since 1980 been a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, devoting his efforts to research and writing, on subjects ranging from the history and influence of intellectuals to education and social policies in countries around the world. His website is TSowell.com.

About Brian Emerson

Brian Emerson is an actor and technical director with a long career in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore areas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carla on February 06, 2011

I remember reading several articles/essays/excerpts from Thomas Sowell in undergrad. He has the great ability of making economics accessible though his clear writing style and simple presentation of ideas. However, in this particular book, it was just that - the simplicity - that bothered me. The who......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 23, 2014

Thomas Sowell's "Applied Economics" ought to be required reading in every high school and college economics, politics, and English courses. While Mr. Sowell is Ph.D economist and fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, his ideas are useful even to the non-economist. As a society, we tend to be t......more

Goodreads review by Brenton on October 10, 2012

The title would have you believe this would be a more thorough-going followup to Sowell's fantastic "Basic Economics", with a greater emphasis on practical, real-world problems and proffered solutions evaluated by empirical analyses. That is not the case. "Applied Economics" treads a lot of familiar......more

Goodreads review by Suzie on January 17, 2016

I know people think economics is a boring topic, and it can be. So can anything if it's not well presented. But one of the reasons I'm an economics junkie is that, when it's presented well, it's also a history lesson. But it's not just what happened but *why* it happened. Because fundamentally econo......more

Goodreads review by Kiara on July 30, 2018

Great book! Sowell has a unique way of simplifying complex economic concept. The section where he compares Social Security to a pyramid or Ponzi scheme was eye-opening. From insurance rates to agricultural Innovation to the differences between prejudice and bias and so much more.......more

Quotes

“Applied Economics…is simply the must-have field guide to our economic landscape.” Jonah Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author

“Applied Economics is full of…good sense—and serves as an excellent defense against the counterproductive promises of political candidates.” Wall Street Journal

“The great achievement of Sowell’s book is its simplicity. His writing is easy and lucid, an admirable trait considering the topic at hand…As a basic primer for the economically perplexed, this volume serves very well.” Publishers Weekly

“The great achievement of Sowell’s book is its simplicity.” Publishers Weekly