Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity, Fourth Edition

Stroup, Jane Shaw,Ferrarini, Tawni Hunt,Gwartney, James D.,Calhoun, Joseph P.,Lee, Dwight R.

ISBN 10: 125029262X / ISBN 13: 9781250292629

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity, Fourth Edition
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 125029262X
• ISBN 13: 9781250292629
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The fully revised and updated fourth edition of the classic Common Sense Economics.

As the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and debates over the future of work challenge our long-held preconceptions about what careers and the market can be, learning the basics of economics has never been more essential. Principles such as gains from trade, the role of profit and loss, and the secondary effects of government spending, taxes, and borrowing risk continue to be critically important to the way America's economy functions, and critically important to understand for those hoping to further their professional lives―even their personal lives. Common Sense Economics discusses these key points and theories and more, using them to show how any reader can make wiser personal choices and form more informed positions on policy.

Now in its fourth edition, this classic from James D. Gwartney, Dwight R. Lee, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini , Joseph P. Calhoun, and Jane Shaw Stroup has been fully updated to include commentary on the effects of the pandemic on the global economy and the workplace; it offers insight into political processes and the many ways in which economics informs policy, illuminating our world and what might be done to make it better.

About the Authors

James D. Gwartney was professor emeritus of the department of economics at Florida State University, where he taught for fifty-three years. He previously served as chief economist for the Joint Economic Committee of Congress.

Jane Shaw Stroup (who also writes as Jane S. Shaw) is a writer and freelance editor. She is chairperson of the Raleigh-based James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, where she was previously president. Before that, Ms. Stroup was a senior fellow with PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. Among other books, she coauthored with Michael Sanera Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children about the Environment. Earlier, she was an associate economics editor of Business Week. She received her bachelor’s degree in English literature from Wellesley College and, in 2020, a master’s degree in history from North Carolina State University. She is a past president of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, an editorial adviser to Econ Journal Watch and CL Press, a member of the Editorial Advisory Panel of Regulation, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic Affairs (London). She is the widow of Richard L. Stroup, a previous coauthor of Common Sense Economics.

Dwight R. Lee is an affiliated visiting faculty fellow in the Institute for the Study of Political Economy in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University and professor emeritus of the department of economics at the University of Georgia.

Tawni Hunt Ferrarini is a content consultant for the Gus A. Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University.

Joseph P. Calhoun is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics at Florida State University and Director of the university’s Gus A. Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. He currently teaches principles of economics and personal finance classes. He created and leads Unconquered by Debt, an innovative financial wellness program sponsored by the Stavros Center. At no charge, undergraduate students can take workshops or use online resources to develop financial literacy. Dr. Calhoun regularly gives presentations at national teaching conferences on the effective use of media and technology in the classroom. A strong supporter of study-abroad programs, he has taught in Florida State’s international programs in England, Italy, and Spain. Dr. Calhoun has received numerous teaching awards at Florida State, including the university’s Undergraduate Teaching Award. His doctoral degree is from the University of Georgia.