Understandable Economics, Howard Yaruss
Understandable Economics, Howard Yaruss
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Understandable Economics
Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know

Author: Howard Yaruss

Narrator: Howard Yaruss

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/11/2022


Synopsis

In this entertaining and informative guide, author Howard Yaruss breaks down our economic system in a straightforward way, avoiding jargon, formulas, graphs, and other technical material so common in books on this subject. Instead, he creates a compelling and comprehensive picture of our economy using accessible analogies, real-world observations, and entertaining anecdotes.

Understandable Economics will enable listeners to answer questions such as: Why is inequality soaring and what can we do about it?; Do tax cuts for the wealthy create jobs or just create more inequality?; Where does money come from, why does it have value, and who controls it?; What does the Fed do and how does it affect our lives?; Could alternative currencies like Bitcoin replace the dollar?; Is our national debt a threat?; Why do so many people believe free trade is good if it causes some people to lose jobs?; Why does the economy regularly turn down and how can we get it back on track?; and many more.

Understandable Economics provides the context, tools, and foundational knowledge listeners need to thoroughly understand our economy, determine which policies would work best, and champion those policies effectively.

About Howard Yaruss

Howard Yaruss is an economist, professor, attorney, businessman, expert witness, and activist who greatly enjoys explaining complex issues in a clear, interesting, and easily accessible way. He has taught a variety of courses on economics and business and currently teaches at New York University. Prior to teaching, he served as executive vice president and general counsel of Radian Group, one of the largest guarantors of debt in the world. He has also served on the Boards of organizations that advocate for safer streets, help the homeless, and support the arts. Yaruss graduated from Brown University, studied at the London School of Economics, and earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Manhattan, and serves on his local community board.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Leslie on December 01, 2022

Thanks to Netgalley and Rowman & Littlefield, Prometheus for the digital galley of this book. Let’s face it. Our economy is a mess, and getting worse by the day. Not for the billionaires, but for the other 99% of us with modest goals, trying to pay our bills and enjoy a few treats every now and again......more

Goodreads review by Kerri-Anne on July 24, 2023

This should be mandatory reading in high school.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 22, 2023

I liked this book. I listened as an audiobook so I didn't give it 100% attention but I did listen fairly closely to much of it. It's a good intro level book that explains a LOT, the type of things that leave me thinking "I feel like this should be taught as adulting 101." I'm not a capitalist, but e......more

Goodreads review by Steve on June 06, 2022

I enjoyed this book. I found the writing very clear and done in such a way that a background in finance or economics isn’t necessary to understand and enjoy this book. I also found the writing compelling and it was hard for me to put the book down. Howard Yaruss writes with a conversational tone and......more

Goodreads review by Richard A Robbins on August 30, 2023

A great, easy read giving a basic overview of economics I learned and understood more about economics and how our economy works from reading this book than I did from getting an MBA from an Ivy League university. Yaruss does a great job keeping it simple and talking in basic terms, avoiding complicat......more