Description:
"Jared Bernstein has written a fun, user-friendly primer that tells you everything you need to know about the economy. I liked it, you'll like it, and if you read it you can stop feeling guilty that you forgot everything you learned in that freshman econ course."
--Jonathan Chait, senior editor, New Republic, and author of The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot EconomicsBrief description:
Erik Synnestvedt has recorded nearly two hundred audiobooks for trade publishers as well as for the Library of Congress Talking Books for the Blind program. They include The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak, A Game as Old as Empire edited by Steven Hiatt, and Twitter Power by Joel Comm.
Review Quotes:
"This accessible overview should clear things up for ever the most befogged reader...Bernstein explains murky topics like health care reform, minimum wage laws, the Federal Reserve, immigration, and budget deficits with a clear, friendly manner that sidesteps any scholarly (and/or sinister) obfuscation...This down-to-earth, populist guide to the pressing economic issues of our time is a clarifying, useful, and empowering resource."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)