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It also came home to me that oxford university press had asked me to write a very short introduction to economics and there are economics textbooks that are over 1,000 pages long. Every intro to econ book i know of just covers basic theory. What is a good, short readable book on market economics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Is it worth reducing pollution to zero, or should we accept some level of pollution because of the economic. Like hamermesh, i like the illustrative vignettes in friedmans book, and its one of those book with broad appeal that can get a lot of people. University press had asked me to write a very short introduction to economics and there are economics textbooks that are over 1,000 pages long. Coyles book is available free online under creative commons.
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