Understanding the Economy for the layman -- Good books?

Question

Can u recommend a book on understanding how the economy works for the layman. I want to know how the weak dollar, gas prices, wages, inflation, and such all work together and their impact on the economy.

What eay to read book would u recommend.

Answer 1

Naked Economics or Basic Economics

Answer 2

Tim Harford's two books: "The Undercover Economist" and "The Logic of Life" are both winners.

For economics related to current events, I like Paul Krugman. I haven't read any of his books, just his columns in the New York Times, but his "International Economics: Theory and Policy" is supposed to be a textbook without calculus, and some his columns have been bound in "The Conscience of a Liberal" - though they are also available on-line:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/ed...

For a bigger picture, I like both John Kenneth Galbraith and Jane Jacobs - both have written primarily for the lay audience.

Galbraith has written extensively, on a number of themes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennet...

Jane Jacobs writes mostly about cities and their importance in economies: "Cities and the Wealth of nations", "The Economy of Cities", etc.

Enjoy.

Answer 3

its called google.com