{"product_id":"street-economist-15-economics-lessons-everyone-should-know-paperback","title":"Street Economist: 15 Economics Lessons Everyone Should Know - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAxel Kaiser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Street Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, Axel Kaiser offers basic lessons in economics that should be part of everyone's education.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you read only one book on economics in your life, it should be Alex Kaiser's. Beautifully written and elegantly argued, it will change your mind, and maybe your life, certainly your politics. Kaiser takes you out of the lecture room and into the street, where the economy actually happens.\"--Deirdre McCloskey. In \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Street Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, Axel Kaiser offers basic lessons in economics that should be part of everyone's education. It is an effort to correct the mistake of \"ivory tower economists\" who conceive this science as an oracular discipline that can only be properly discussed by experts. Crucial concepts such as prices, capital, demand and supply, labor, inflation, value, and innovation, among others, are explained in simple and direct language in order to make them understandable to the general public. \u003ci\u003eThe Street Economist\u003c\/i\u003e has been a best-selling book in almost all countries where it has been published. In Chile, it sold more than 50,000 copies in a year, and it is still the most sold nonfiction book after a year of its publication. It is now being published in 5 different languages.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel Kaiser Barents von Hohenhagen is a Chilean-German lawyer, Master in Investments, Commerce and Arbitration, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). He is Director of the Friedrich Hayek Chair at the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Santiago de Chile and a Senior Fellow at the Atlas Center for Latin America based in Miami. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is a best-selling author who has won several international prizes for his writings such as the Hayek Essay contest from the Mont Pelerin Society. His opinions have been published in international media such as \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuillette\u003c\/i\u003e, Forbes.com, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He is an international lecturer and author of several best-selling books. A 2021 study published by the John Hopkins University Institute for Applied Economics placed him in third place among the influencers on economic matters with the greatest global impact in Latin America, Spain and the United States on Twitter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.99 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47389871407282,"sku":"9781645720812","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e33dfa02c4a0fa73ca81286e137699c7.webp?v=1777934415","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/street-economist-15-economics-lessons-everyone-should-know-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}