I think this is another great entry in the "For Dummies" series. It's good introduction for the layperson into how the economy works. I decided to read it after hearing various opinions on how certain policies should be handled, how the government handles money & the economy & because of the "Great Recession" as it has been called. I also decided to read it out of genuine curiosity because I once took an economics class & my "professor" said that all you needed was an opinion, which was more than unhelpful to say the least. It was an eye-opener into how complex the economy is & what affects it from top to bottom. It goes into monetary & fiscal policies, supply & demand, as well as the cycles & practices that lead to recessions & depressions. Actions that are taken to keep things going smoothly or give boosts are given as well & it is gives the basics of how the Federal Reserve works & why it does what it does, which doesn't make it as sinister as some would have people believe. Overall, as someone who doesn't know much about economics, I think it's a good book as a starting point & one can branch off from there wherever their interests take them.

Ik heb dit boek voor school gelezen. Was erg duidelijk verwoord, al moet ik eerlijk toegeven dat ik niet altijd netjes alle wiskundige stappen heb nagevolgd... moet hem waarsch nog een keer lezen om alles echt helemaal te snappen, maar dat ligt dus aan mij en niet aan het boek.

There is a lot of information provided in this book. I do believe it is a good overview of Economics on with discussion of both micro- and macroeconomics. My only hesitation to recommending would be that the reader needs to have a conceptual understanding of graphing and algebra. The demand-supply graphs are a critical part of understanding this material.