How Economics Explains the World

A Short History of Humanity

De: Andrew Leigh

Narrado por: Stephen Graybill

How Economics Explains the World has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Good economic history in very broad strokes

I probably would have enjoyed this book more 5-10 years ago when i knew less about all the economic concepts and historical developments. But still a very good primer for someone kinda new to this, probably.

Great overview is you want a broad survey

Good examples in general. Interesting overall. Doesn’t spend much time on modern monetary ramifications. No major revelations. Too much climate change. If you think you know quite a bit about economics you can skip this book.

Fun as well as informative!

A whirlwind tour of world history through the viewpoint of the growth of economic thought. Presenter was very engaging.

Badly written

The book goes from ideas to ideas without any clear connection between them. As I write this review, the book jumps from discussing the civil war to talk about conceptualists and Michelangelo. What is the connection between these? I don’t know. Perhaps the author knows, but he doesn’t care to explain.

Rehashed ideas better explained in other books

I consume a lot of material about economics and markets so I may not be representative. I learned almost nothing from this book. All the ideas come from other similar books written in the past decade. Another frustrating aspect is the amount of political views expressed. I believe if your book is not about politics I should not be able to guess your political affiliation from it. Only after listening did I look up the author. He is a politician