Economix. Per comprendere origini, storia e principi della nostra pazza economia

These days everyone's worried about the economy! The economy is the biggest issue for voters! Won't somebody puh-leeeeeese think of the economy? I don't know about you, but I don't remember anyone ever explaining anything about this economy to me in eleven years of compulsory education. Every politic Leggi tutto

A few friends recommended Economix to me, so I picked it up the other day. I was expecting not to like it, but I needed to mix some light reading into my schedule, and blew through Economix in a few hours. I really enjoyed it overall, but like any book, it's not without it's problems. ### Marx The first Leggi tutto

Good introduction to basic economics and its history (primarily via the U.S. experience). The author's own political sensibilities are somewhat hamfistedly delivered as he approaches the present day, and there is a shade too much hero worship of Adam Smith and the Roosevelt clan, and he also tends t Leggi tutto

This book had a really interesting concept - using a graphic novel format to simplify the economy (this is an adult book). I learned a little bit and enjoyed the first half. However, a caveat: in the second part of the book, the author warns that he's going to get political and that is when this boo Leggi tutto

Komiks o tom, jak funguje ekonomika, jsem namátkově znal z anglického vydání a v češtině jsem ho původně koupil dcerám k vánocům. Co by mě mohlo na takovém zpracování překvapit, že jo... Nakonec jsem ho zhltnul na posezení. Kniha výborně probírá více i méně známé stránky ekonomiky v historickém průř Leggi tutto

To quote Joel Bakan ( author of The Corporation), "don't be surprised if it turns out to be the first comic book to win its author the Nobel Prize in Economics" . I can't agree more. And boy, who knew dismal science can be so fun to read?!

Great stuff! Absolutely enthralling! All I have to do now is wait for someone to make a version of this using hand puppets and colored balloons and then, perhaps, I'll understand economics.

Economix is a fun hybrid: an introduction to economics and modern economic history as a graphic novel. It is engaging throughout. Goodwin and Burr were clearly inspired by Larry Gonick's groundbreaking Cartoon History of the Universe , and say so in the afterward. As with that predecessor, Economix us Leggi tutto