Economix comics series#

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If you would like to support the mission of Open Culture, consider making a donation to our site. To get a feel for Goodwin’s approach, you can dive into the first chapter of Economix, which grapples with Smith’s theories about the free market, division of labor and the Invisible Hand. Burr demystify the economic theories of figures like Ricardo, Marx, Malthus, Keynes, Friedman and Hayek - all in a substantive but approachable way.Īs with most treatments of modern economics, the book starts with Adam Smith. Along the way, Goodwin and the illustrator Dan E.

Economix comics series#

Next comes the action packed 20th century: the Great Depression, the New Deal, the threat from Communism during the Cold War, the tax reforms of the Reagan era, and eventually the crash of 2008 and Occupy Wall Street. Chester Comix, 2003 Series Published in English (United States) Volume Price Pages Indicia Frequency Indicia / Colophon Publisher Brand ISBN 978-0-972 Barcode Dimensions 11. It starts with the Physiocrats, Adam Smith and theoretical development of capitalism, and then steams ahead into the 19th century, covering the Industrial Revolution, the rise of big business and big finance. The book covers two (plus) centuries of economic history. My review of it one-sentence review of it on Facebook was clear and simple: one of the most coherent texts on economics ever (probably cause its a comic.