Overview of Naked Economics
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Essay title: Overview of Naked Economics
Naked Economics (Undressing the Dismal Science) by Charles Wheelan is a detailed book that gives good descriptions on how the study of economics works. A lot of people find economics as boring inexact science that does not pertain to them. Little do they understand how much it influences their life. First off because economics is not an exact science it is had for economists to predict the outcome of events. There are a lot of variables that they must take a look at in order to understand what is happening. Even with this, they have to deal with the unpredictability of people. People have the most imminent impact on the economy and their actions are the most random. Naked Economics (Undressing the Dismal Science) does a good job of incorporating good examples to help the common person understand how an economy operates. One of the reasons this book is so helpful is because it uses words rather than math to make economics accessible,