Invitation to Economics: Understanding Argument and Policy

Invitation to Economics empowers the reader to spot naiveand spurious economic arguments by inculcating an intuitive‘feel’ for economics.

• A unique and critical guide to understanding economic argumentsin the media
  
• Focuses on microeconomics, specifically on the idea thateconomic policies often have important indirect effects
  
• Key ideas are applied repeatedly in numerous case studies drawnfrom newspapers and other media
  
• Economic principles are presented in an accessible andnon-rigorous format using case studies
  
• Incorporates the value judgments and political judgments thatunderlie economic policies