Economics in Two Lessons: Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So Badly (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691217420)

A masterly introduction to the key ideas behind the successes--and failures--of free-market economics

Since 1946, Henry Hazlitt's bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one simple lesson: market prices represent the true cost of everything. But one-lesson economics tells only half the story. It can explain why markets often work so well, but it can't explain why they often fail so badly--or what we should do when they stumble. As Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson quipped, "When someone preaches 'Economics in one lesson, ' I advise: Go back for the second lesson." In Economics in Two Lessons, John Quiggin teaches both lessons, offering a masterly introduction to the key ideas behind the successes--and failures--of free markets. Brilliantly accessible, this book unlocks the essential issues at the heart of any economic question.

Author: John Quiggin
ISBN-10: 0691217424
ISBN-13: 9780691217420
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/13/2021
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.60d