All rights reserved.Ĭonnecting Pennsylvania Entrepreneurs and Investors. I give this book two hearty thumbs up and if you are looking for a good book to give to someone for xmas who is interested in politics and economics, then you can't go wrong with this book.ĭealflow Solutions Ltd. The book is one that you will likely want to re-read or at least scan through again after you have read it once just to appreciate the fantastic artwork. In this section you may be a bit offended depending upon your political orientation, but again the combination of content and artwork is so good that you will nevertheless want to read to the end to see how the economic villains are caricatured. In this section of the book, Micheal is very critical of Reganomics, Greenspan, the Fed, Wallstreet bailouts, the increasing gap between rich and poor, the Worldbank, and the Bush policies. From pages 200 to 291 the book covers US economics from 1980 to the present. However, on page 199 Micheal Goodwin announces his intention to offer up a more critical account of modern US economic history and thinking. Up until page 199, the book seems fairly apolitical. The book is divided roughly into two parts. The page below discusses the Marshall Plan: The artwork in the book is black-and-white but a newer Greek translation of the book will be in color. Here is a sample of some artwork taken from the book's website.
Because I have read some introductions to economics the book covered some familiar ground, however, when combined with interesting artwork it renders the familiar new again. If you have read introductions to economics you will still want to read this book because of the unique angle that a comic book approach offers to conveying ideas. The artwork is top notch and very amusing throughout. This format was pioneered by Larry Gonick who is acknowledged as a big influence for Micheal Goodwin, although Dan E. The layout is like a comic book but contains instructive content about economics in each frame. This book is unique in that it provides a history of economic thought from Adam Smith to the present using comic art through out to explain concepts. Burr called Economix: How Our Economy Works (And Doesn't Work) in Words and Pictures, 2012, Abrams Books. This is brief review of a book I finished reading by Micheal Goodwin and Dan E.
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