Cartoon introduction to economics ebook

As an educator at both the university and high school levels, he has learned how to make economics relevant to today's world and today's students.

As Google's chief economist, Hal Varian, wrote, "You don't need a brand-new economics. You just need to see the really cool stuff, the material they didn't get to when you studied economics.

Rendering the cool stuff fun is the artistry of the illustrator and lauded graphic novelist Klein. Panel by panel, page by page, he puts comics into economics. So if the vertiginous economy or a dour professor's page econ textbook has you desperate for a fun, factual guide to economics, reach for The Cartoon Introduction to Economics and let the collaborative genius of the Klein-Bauman team walk you through an entire introductory microeconomics course.

Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Cartoon Introduction to Economics , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Cartoon Introduction to Economics.

Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Apr 02, Riku Sayuj rated it really liked it Shelves: economics , economics-intros , creative-enough. Bauman is fun as always and has the knack for picking the right pirate analogy for the right skirmish. Bauman, however, skips most of the traditional basics from most microeconomics textbooks, and instead gives a lot of space to game theory and strategic interactions, things normally reserved for the later chapters of an introductory textbook, or for an intermediate text.

The structure of the book overall is interesting, for an introductory work: Economics is about interactions, Bauman establishe Bauman is fun as always and has the knack for picking the right pirate analogy for the right skirmish.

The structure of the book overall is interesting, for an introductory work: Economics is about interactions, Bauman establishes first and then takes us through the progression: first one to one, then one to some and finally one to many, with Part two being taken up with detailed discussion of Game Theory, Pareto Efficiency, Auctions, etc.

But there is one area where the book stays conventional: just like most introductory books these days, this one also teaches skepticism of the species Homo Economicus, and, of course, ends with Kahneman.

Overall, it is an unconventional book and I am not sure students turning to this to seek an introduction would be helped much, instead it might be the seasoned student seeking to get some fresh energy late into a final semester who might find this sort of a treatment invigorating. View all 3 comments. Oct 23, Diane rated it really liked it Shelves: economics , graphic-novels , comics.

I liked this book, despite having bad flashbacks to my sophomore year of college, when I swear I had the world's most boring economics professor. And the class was held at 8 a.

Seeing the picture of the supply and demand curve was a little traumatic, but I rallied. I requested this from the library because I had read and appreciated the author's recent book about climate change. Bauman has a PhD in economics and his bio describes him as an environmental economist. This book gives an in I liked this book, despite having bad flashbacks to my sophomore year of college, when I swear I had the world's most boring economics professor.

This book gives an introduction to microeconomics, with humorous cartoons providing the explanations. Economics is one of those topics that it is in our best interest to try and understand because it affects so many aspects of our lives. Food prices. Gasoline prices. Housing costs. Traffic patterns. Health care. Retirement funds. Industry forecasts. The environment. There are economic incentives in everything, basically.

A recurring theme in microeconomics is in trying to answer the question: Under what circumstances do individuals make decisions that are good for the group as a whole? The author gives good examples explaining why people and markets behave the way they do, and it summarizes numerous economic concepts, including Game Theory, Pareto Efficiencies, the Law of Large Numbers, Marginal Analysis, the Coase Theorem, and of course, the Invisible Hand Theorem.

I had a few A-Ha! I'm on to you, Pfizer. Another example I liked was in a section on poverty and famine: "When addressing inequality, economists tend to favor policies that minimize intervention in well-functioning competitive markets and maximize individual choice. Giving starving people money instead of food may sound odd, but history shows that many famines weren't caused by lack of food but by lack of money.

Now that I think of it, I wish this book had existed when I was in college, because it might have made that boring professor more bearable. My rating: 3. View all 4 comments. Sep 01, Jon Nakapalau rated it it was amazing Shelves: business , comics , favorites , economics.

Great overview of microeconomics. Dec 27, Joe rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel , borrowed-library , nonfiction. Here's is what I think about mathematics: Therefore, I have no idea what possessed me to read this book. Maybe I was encouraged by my friend's four-star rating. Perhaps I wanted, once again, to try to conquer my fear of and anger at math. Whatever my motivations, they were rewarded with The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics.

No, I'm dead serious. And I learned! In fact, if math classes used comic books to teach, I swear to God I'd be an actuary by now. Yoram Bauman, described on the Here's is what I think about mathematics: Therefore, I have no idea what possessed me to read this book.

Naturally, this is what all good teachers do - and I have a feeling Bauman is a brilliant teacher. Grady Klein's whimsical pen and ink drawings enhance the good-natured lessons and provide some visual humor - especially with his random king, who dishes out Nobel Prizes to laureates who make mundane observations like "Buying an individual health policy can be a real pain in the neck.

Midway through part two, I excitedly texted a buddy, an urban planner in Detroit who has a degree in economics. Pareto Efficiencies! And I'm texting about it! Look at me! Diversified index funds! And I'm proclaiming them! Then part three came along.

The concept is fairly simple, right? The consumer demands, the company supplies. But then all this shit about taxing and margins were bandied about with charts! I kinda got it, but I think I was a little bit tired of microeconomics at that point. Confession: I skimmed the scant few math equations sprinkled throughout the book.

Global Warming. Life on Earth. Beyond The Tragedy of the Commons. Putting a Price on Carbon. Beyond Fossil Fuels. The Challenge.

Page 1 Navigate to page number of 2. About this book Introduction Climate change is no laughing matter—but maybe it should be. Carbon taxes Cartoon Climate change Climate policy Milankovitch cycles climate change impacts Climate change management. Authors and affiliations Yoram Bauman 1 Grady Klein 2 1. Seattle USA 2. Princeton USA. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem.

Return to Book Page. Grady Klein. Need to understand today's economy? This is the book for you. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume Two: Macroeconomics is the most accessible, intelligible, and humorous introduction to unemployment, inflation, and debt you'll ever read.

Whereas Volume One: Microeconomics dealt with the optimizing individual, Volume Two: Macroeconomics explains the factors that aff Need to understand today's economy? Whereas Volume One: Microeconomics dealt with the optimizing individual, Volume Two: Macroeconomics explains the factors that affect the economy of an entire country, and indeed the planet.

It explores the two big concerns of macroeconomics: how economies grow and why economies collapse. It illustrates the basics of the labor market and explains what the GDP is and what it measures, as well as the influence of government, trade, and technology on the economy. Along the way, it covers the economics of global poverty, climate change, and the business cycle.

In short, if any of these topics have cropped up in a news story and caused you to wish you grasped the underlying basics, buy this book.

Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Cartoon Introduction to Economics , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Cartoon Introduction to Economics.

Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Apr 11, Ian rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , graphic-novel. Just as good as volume one. This book really helps to make it understandable but I still don't really know how it all works. Nov 19, Jon Nakapalau rated it it was amazing Shelves: economics , favorites , business , comics.

Second part of this great GN Feb 20, Marc rated it really liked it. Just like the Micro one, this is a nice quick and fun tutorial of economics for all ages. Very fair to all sides of economic debates as well. Jun 27, Upom rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novels , finance , economics , environment , technology , 21st-century , money , aging , guides , nonfiction.

A fantastic introduction to the world of macroeconomics. Full of really clear-cut explanations with some great illustrations and humor. I am curious if more people would learn if they used comic books in education. Nov 08, John rated it it was amazing Shelves: economics-finance , non-fiction. A great companion to the surprisingly fantastic first volume on Microeconomics. Continuing in the same vein as the first book, with little pirates and such like explaining the basic theories of economics, this book and its companion make what is very dry, and overtly complex material clear, simple and importantly painless.

The book covers unemployment, money, inflation, GDP, government, trade, technology, aid and currencies, gradually increasing the scale of theory from the individual nation to in A great companion to the surprisingly fantastic first volume on Microeconomics.

The book covers unemployment, money, inflation, GDP, government, trade, technology, aid and currencies, gradually increasing the scale of theory from the individual nation to international relations in line with the microeconomic book moving from the individual to the group to the many and then concludes with a some open questions about the future of the world as a whole - business cycles i.

These ideas are described amazingly succinctly, so much so that not only do I feel I now have a vague grasp of macroeconomic theory, but that I also want to learn more about it. I certainly finished the book feeling economics theory had something to contribute to society, more than just as a political bludgeon. Though there is discussion of the politics as well, in particular the classical-Keynesian-Milton-post-Keysian progression, which again is an academic economic debate that seems to have great significance for society and something we should be all a bit more aware of.

I recommend this book along with its companion on Microeconomics to anyone beginning their study in economics, or to academics and business professionals, who find they are crossing over into the subject more and need a basic understanding of the subject - even if it is just to understand what the economist is saying. Indeed, perhaps the most important aspect of these books, is that they explain very well 'how economists think', which will greatly aide with communication.

Apr 20, Bill Shannon rated it really liked it. If you have an economics degree, you probably don't need this book.