Bauman has put the 'comedy' into 'economy' at comedy clubs and universities around the country and around the world (his "Principles of Economics, Translated" is a YouTube cult classic). 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'. "The Cartoon Introduction to Economics" is all about integrating the really cool stuff into an overview of the entire discipline of microeconomics, from decision trees to game trees to taxes and thinking at the margin. 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 600-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.
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"Learning economics should be fun. Klein and Bauman make sure that it is." --N. Gregory Mankiw, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and author of "Principles of Economics " "Hilarity and economics are not often found together, but this book has a lot of both. It also does a great job of explaining important economic concepts simply, accurately, and entertainingly--quite a feat." --Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate in Economics "Bauman and Klein present solid basic economics in a brilliant cartoon wrapper. The authors successfully shine a happy light on the dismal science." --Hugo Sonnenschein, Distinguished Service Professor and President Emeritus, University of Chicago "This is a seriously funny book! Klein and Bauman offer an enlightening and entertaining look at why our day-to-day choices matter and how they all combine. Students will find this a great addition to their textbooks, and critics of the discipline will learn what economics is really about." --Diane Coyle, author of "The Soulful Science" "Had Art Spiegelman and John Maynard Keynes collaborated on a comic book on economics, they could only have dreamed of coming up with something this good." --Jonathan A. Shayne, a.k.a. Merle Hazard, country singer and founder of Shayne & Co., LLC "Klein's preferences for relatively thick lines and bare-bones perspective . . . [conjures] the work of the marvelous "New Yorker" cartoonist Lou Myers . . . Probably the least dismal treatment of the dismal science ever." --"Booklist" "For anybody who is genuinely interested in economics, who really wants to learn the jargon, or anyone who is starting out studying an economics course, this is just a brilliant source." --Tim Harford, author of "Adapt"
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A freelance cartoonist, illustrator, and animator, Grady Klein is the creator of the "Lost Colony" series of graphic novels. An environmental economist at the University of Washington (and a part-time teacher at Seattle's Lakeside High School), Yoram Bauman, PhD, is the world's first and only stand-up economist.
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Does this book give a deeper insight into economics? To some extent.
31. Dezember 2010
Von Klemens Reusch
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The book covers everything which should be explained in an introduction to economy. That is good.
But it is really not obvious that this book will give the reader a deeper insight into economy. The reader who knows nothing about economy will not learn about it from this book. But they will get some ideas about Game Theory, Auctions, Pareto Efficiency and some other stuff. What is important is that they also get also some insights into the weaknesses of the theories in economy. An example is the argument for the strong interest in the theory of competitive markets. It is a theory whereby the individual optimization leads to outcomes that are good for the group as a whole. But how often does individual optimization lead to a disaster?
For economists this book is a lot of fun. It can be used as a motivation for freshmen or as information for his non economist friends.
The book is very readable. It is a comic. This makes it easy to read. But this readability is also the reason for one big disadvantage, which I think is rooted in the strategy of using an entertaining approach to educate. The book does not force you to think about the topics described and the different topics seemed to be so obvious. But this is not the case. A student of economy should always think in at least two directions: Getting a deeper insight into the topic and where the theory which has been explained might fail.
So, does this book give the reader a deeper understanding of economy? To some extent it does. Therefore, I give it four stars.
But it is really not obvious that this book will give the reader a deeper insight into economy. The reader who knows nothing about economy will not learn about it from this book. But they will get some ideas about Game Theory, Auctions, Pareto Efficiency and some other stuff. What is important is that they also get also some insights into the weaknesses of the theories in economy. An example is the argument for the strong interest in the theory of competitive markets. It is a theory whereby the individual optimization leads to outcomes that are good for the group as a whole. But how often does individual optimization lead to a disaster?
For economists this book is a lot of fun. It can be used as a motivation for freshmen or as information for his non economist friends.
The book is very readable. It is a comic. This makes it easy to read. But this readability is also the reason for one big disadvantage, which I think is rooted in the strategy of using an entertaining approach to educate. The book does not force you to think about the topics described and the different topics seemed to be so obvious. But this is not the case. A student of economy should always think in at least two directions: Getting a deeper insight into the topic and where the theory which has been explained might fail.
So, does this book give the reader a deeper understanding of economy? To some extent it does. Therefore, I give it four stars.
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Ich habe die Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik selten so kreativ und verständlich dargestellt gesehen. Als Literatur für eine Vorlesung sicher nicht ausreichend, aber die perfekte Ergänzung zu trockeneren Werken, wie Grundzüge der Mikroökonomik: Studienausgabe.
Von circus
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Mir gefällt das Comic sehr gut. Die Kapitel geben einen ersten Einblick in das Feld der Mikroökonomie und sehr schön
miteinander verbunden.
Es wird natürlich rein intuitiv und nicht formal erklärt und ist nicht als Lehrbuch zu gebrauchen. Ich habe es dennoch meinen Erstsemester-Studenten empfohlen. Unterhaltend ist es aber auch für Personen, die sich schon länger mit der Theorie auseinandersetzen oder noch nie eine VWL-Vorlesung gehört haben.
miteinander verbunden.
Es wird natürlich rein intuitiv und nicht formal erklärt und ist nicht als Lehrbuch zu gebrauchen. Ich habe es dennoch meinen Erstsemester-Studenten empfohlen. Unterhaltend ist es aber auch für Personen, die sich schon länger mit der Theorie auseinandersetzen oder noch nie eine VWL-Vorlesung gehört haben.
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