How to Teach Economics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction

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He was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal with Rook and won the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the Catalyst Award for Henry Tumour . Economics concepts can often be difficult to grasp, but the authors have done an admirable job of explaining them in plain language. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. I am taking care of my sister's excitable dog today, and I was trying to explain to him that he didn't have to bark at everyone standing in the street in front of our house, and that people communicating in front of the house, even while out walking other dogs, was necessary for the functioning of the economy, especially the parts of the economy that involve bringing home dog treats.

In a lot of cases, a lot of heavy economic terminology was used, and then explained after using less-heavy words without then mentioning the main terminology again. My only gripe would be that in the discussion on why some countries have developed less than others there was no mention of the effect of imperialism. An excellent book about the principles and functions of economics, which are very easy for the lay-economist to digest. John Crace, brilliant Guardian political columnist, kindly suggested that the Chancellor might like to flick through, before plotting a route out of our current difficulties.Georgina Godwin speaks to Paul Lynch, the author of ‘Prophet Song’, winner of this year’s Booker Prize. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Georgina Godwin sits down with the six authors shortlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023: Hannah Barnes, Tania Branigan, Christopher Clark, Jeremy Eichler, Jennifer Homans and John Vaillant. Though I could have done without the whole dog shtick, I learned some things and Campbell definitely has a felicity for making complex economic concepts readily accessible to anyone with a general interest in learning more about how economics works. However, painless refreshers can be fun, and some of the history I was only vaguely familiar with (quick, what did David Ricardo have to say on comparative advantage and implications for free trade?

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Economics concepts can often be difficult to grasp, but the authors have done an admirable job of explaining them in plain language … This is one of the few books on economics that works as a textbook while remaining actually readable!By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Over the course of 17 dog walks, it looks at different economic concepts and how they shape our everyday lives.

However, my main gripe with the book - and the reason for dropping a star - is how the jargon was structured. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Though I am not a dog person, I did find the format fun -- each basic microecon or macroecon lesson is framed as a walk on which she's taking her dog Monty to converse about these topics. Games like Dungeons and Dragons have never appealed to me, and much as I like maps and strange lands, the works of Tolkien leave me cold. Explaining concepts, and THEN giving the name of them would have probably been easier - that, and maybe a rear glossary.Overall a very good quality service from this seller and I would not hesitate to recommend this seller. Relatively new terms such as Sub prime mortgages are explained well, as are older ones like ‘externalities’. Dr Rebecca Campbell has a PhD from the London School of Economics where she is currently a Fellow in the Management Department, and Director of Studies of the prestigious Global Masters in Management. Over the course of seventeen walks, Dr Rebecca Campbell chews over economic concepts and investigates how they apply to our lives–people and mutts alike. Often Monty's input is a minor joke about food or bones, or just asking her to define a jargon term, but occasionally he gets off some edgy lines, e.

But, overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and would consider reading the author's other "how to explain to your dog" books too because of it. It's a good survey of micro and macroeconomics, all explained in easy-to-understand terms (because it's being explained to a dog.On the surface, this would seem to be nothing more or less than an example of performance art presented as literature.