TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sowell,Thomas
TI  - Basic economics : a common sense guide to the economy
SN  - 9780465022526 :
AV  - HB171.5 .S684 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Economics
N1  - Includes index; What is economics? -- Prices and markets -- Industry and commerce -- Work and pay -- Time and risk -- The national economy -- The international economy -- Special economic issues
N2  - Thomas Sowell explains the principles of economics in plain jargon for the general public, answering questions like: Why are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks of New York in the winter, when the abandoned apartment buildings have four times as many dwelling units as there are homeless people in the city? Why did Russians have to import food to feed people in Moscow, when Russia itself had vast amounts of some of the richest farmland in Europe?
ER  -