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The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance
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"A page-turning, well-written love story that also teaches an impressive amount of good economics."--Milton Friedman, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Nobel Laureate in Economics "The Invisible Heart should be required reading for every politician and bureaucrat who has lost touch with the romance of what happens outside of Washington, DC. Sam Gordon is a modern-day hero--impassioned by logic, inspired by free markets, and impelled by love. Russell Roberts has crafted a charming and clever tale sure to captivate readers with an endearing combination of economics and emotion."--Declan McCullagh, Washington Bureau Chief, Wired.com
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A love story that embraces the business and economic issues of the day?The Invisible Heart takes a provocative look at business, economics, and regulation through the eyes of Sam Gordon and Laura Silver, teachers at the exclusive Edwards School in Washington, D.C. Sam lives and breathes capitalism. He thinks that most government regulation is unnecessary or even harmful. He believes that success in business is a virtue. He believes that our humanity flourishes under economic freedom. Laura prefers Wordsworth to the Wall Street Journal. Where Sam sees victors, she sees victims. She wants the government to protect consumers and workers from the excesses of Sam's beloved marketplace.While Sam and Laura argue about how to make the world a better place, a parallel story unfolds across town. Erica Baldwin, the crusading head of a government watchdog agency, tries to bring Charles Krauss, a ruthless CEO, to justice. How are these two dramas connected? Why is Sam under threat of dismissal? Will Erica Baldwin find the evidence she needs? Can Laura love a man with an Adam Smith poster on his wall? The answers in The Invisible Heart give the reader a richer appreciation for how business and the marketplace transform our lives.
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Eine hinreißende Liebesgeschichte, die wesentliche ökonomische Zusammenhänge klar, prägnant und einfach erklärt. Sehr gute Economic Fiction!
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As a Jane Auten lover economics student, I certainly saw more economics here than romance... Saying that, the economics are presented by likeable characters, if perhaps a little shallow in a literary sense. The story-line is also somewhat thin, it basically comprises a number of relatively intense economical discussions between the characters. These might not be gripping, but they definitely reminded me of some agitated conversations my father and I have had at the dinner-table with nobody else being able to get a word in edgewise, they are also well "laid out". Nevertheless, I would like to read a tougher version of this book, that in which the government intervention supporter is harder to beat and even gets the last word once in a while... on the whole, I don't think this book will be sufficient to turn your communist friends into liberals, but by showing them an ordinary teacher, not a billionnaire, defending capitalist values with a good deal of common sense, they might, if you are lucky, allow such beings to be in some degree human, and not hunting profit down to the last cent.
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This might convert Marx
13. Januar 2003
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This is a very creative, and downright brilliant book. It very palatably presents free market economic theory in a sweet, engaging, and endearing tale.
Were I a high school teacher or a college instructor teaching an entry level economics course this would be a book that I would definitely require -- it outlines fundamental economic concepts in a practically fashion easily understood by the "lay" person. Additionally, it presents a perspective that those left of center (such as myself) are compelled to respect, even if they are philosophically not in agreement.
Besides its educational merits, this is simply a touching novel that keeps you committed, and makes you feel warm and satisfied finishing it. A reader completed devoid of any interest in economics whatsoever would find this an interesting and worthwhile read (and end up better educated despite himself).
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Can economics really be breezy and fun?
14. Mai 2001
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Wow, what a fun book, but eerily reminiscent of my own life.
My first thought was that the author modeled the main character on me -- but then I realized that my experiences are pretty much identical to those of all other economists. For example, the main character has discussions on economics at a dinner party and at a TV viewing party -- discussions which I have had almost down to the exact same words. I've met all those people, had all those conversations, and experienced all those frustrations.
From the very first chapter, I saw things that I intend to incorporate into my own classroom starting immediately. I anticipate walking into the first day of class, pulling out a dollar bill, and .... well, you can read it for yourself. Or perhaps talking about the room filled with nuts, and asking my students how long it will take to eat them all. Roberts gave a lot of great little techniques to liven up an economics classroom.
Also, with this book, Russell Roberts has practically cornered an entire literary genre: economic fiction. Unlike the Marshall Jevons books of economic fiction (which are horribly written), Roberts has written a book which is both compelling as an economic work and delightful as a romance.
Roberts shows that he is both an interesting economics teacher and a skillful fiction writer. I hope that he writes more books like this ... and that perhaps he inspires other economists to follow this path. Economics has never been more accessible to the average person than in this breezy romance.
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Russell Roberts' heart made visible
4. Juni 2001
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This is not a book which will change the mind of a dedicated collectivist. Nor is it likely to fully satisfy the Club for Growth crowd. It is a simple love story which will appeal immensely to the non-idealogue while explaining in plain language the undeniable economic realities which guide human behavior. Were I to follow my dream and teach a high school civics class, this would certainly be on my required reading list.
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