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　　"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study

known to man." -- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson

(1946)

Every day economic claims are used by the media or in

conversation to support social and political positions. Those on

the left tend to distrust economists, seeing them as friends of the

right. There is something to this, since professional economists

are almost all keen supporters of the free market. Yet while

factions on the right naturally embrace economists, they also tend

to overestimate the effect of their support on free-market

policies. The result is widespread confusion. In fact, virtually

all commonly held beliefs about economics--whether espoused by

political activists, politicians, journalists or taxpayers--are

just plain wrong.

Professor Joseph Heath wants to raise our economic literacy

and empower us with new ideas. In Economics Without

Illusions, he draws on everyday examples to skewer the six

favourite economic fallacies of the right, followed by impaling the

six favourite fallacies of the left. Heath leaves no sacred cows

untipped as he breaks down complex arguments and shows how the

world really works. The popularity of such books as Freakonomics

and Predictably Irrational demonstrates that people want a better

understanding of the financial forces that affect them.

Highly readable, cogently argued and certain to raise ire along all

points of the socio-political spectrum, Economics Without

Illusions offers readers the economic literacy they need to

genuinely understand and critique the pros and cons of

capitalism.

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　　JOSEPH HEATH is an associate professor at the University of

Toronto, where he teaches in the Department of Philosophy and the

School of Public Policy and Governance.   He is the

author of three previousbooks: Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture

Became Consumer Culture (with Andrew Potter); Communicative Action

and Rational Choice, which won the Canadian Philosophical

Association Book Prize for 2003; and The Efficient Society, a

Maclean's and Globe and Mail bestseller selected by the Globe as

one of the best books of 2001. He writes a monthly column for the

journal Policy Options and is a frequent contributor to The

Montreal Gazette.

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书籍介绍

"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man." -- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946)

Every day economic claims are used by the media or in conversation to support social and political positions. Those on the left tend to distrust economists, seeing them as friends of the right. There is something to this, since professional economists are almost all keen supporters of the free market. Yet while factions on the right naturally embrace economists, they also tend to overestimate the effect of their support on free-market policies. The result is widespread confusion. In fact, virtually all commonly held beliefs about economics--whether espoused by political activists, politicians, journalists or taxpayers--are just plain wrong.

Professor Joseph Heath wants to raise our economic literacy and empower us with new ideas. In Economics Without Illusions , he draws on everyday examples to skewer the six favourite economic fallacies of the right, followed by impaling the six favourite fallacies of the left. Heath leaves no sacred cows untipped as he breaks down complex arguments and shows how the world really works. The popularity of such books as Freakonomics and Predictably Irrational demonstrates that people want a better understanding of the financial forces that affect them. Highly readable, cogently argued and certain to raise ire along all points of the socio-political spectrum, Economics Without Illusions offers readers the economic literacy they need to genuinely understand and critique the pros and cons of capitalism.