Title: Witty, engaging and informative
Review: This is a fun book. Hartford treats his topic in a lighthearted way that keeps the reader engaged. I also appreciate his ability to take complex economic theories and make them easy to understand thru the use of clear examples.Sometimes, Hartford gets overly detailed. Those passages are a drag on the book. In addition, Hartford's discussion of rich/poor countries does not capture the incredibly complex systems that make up a national economy. The whole comparison of Cameroon and China is a bit too simplistic and his argument misses the mark.On the plus side, his explanation on the pricing of cappuccino is must reading....it'd be a great first lecture for an Econ 101 class!A highly enjoyable book.
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