The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance
Author: Russell Roberts
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ISBN: 0262681358
Publisher: MIT Press (07 March, 2002)
Sales Rank: 44,845
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
No better way to learn economics
This book is good. It does two things, each of which is difficult, and almost impossible in combination--explain economic concepts and policy in clear language and tell an compelling love story with a couple of interacting plots, with an interesting surprise at the end. If you are interested in economics but would like to get it with something more exciting than supply and demand curves, read this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Learning Economics has Never Been This Enjoyable
This book was brilliant. I bought it before going on vacation and I couldn't put it down. It is a very fast read (maybe 2 or 3 hours total reading time) and taught me about 15 economic lessons that are incredibly valuable. I find myself quoting the lessons of the book constantly.Perhaps the most valuable element of the book is that the author cleverly uses the characters to argue both sides of each economic argument. You not only learn the "right" answer, but you learn the holes in the most common arguments that are advanced by those that don't subscribe to more "free market" thinking. This should be required reading for anyone involved in business or economics.
Note that the book will be very interesting even to those marginally interested in economics as the love story is exceptionally well written and thought provoking.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A book about Unintended consequences and goofy polemics.
This is a book about Unintended consequences and goofy polemics.This is the funniest book I have read in a long time - even though it is supposed to be a heart felt 'romance.' I enjoyed the stilted dialogue and the portentous arguments postulated by the 'econ prof.' as he attempts to woo the heart and mind of his beloved yet wrong headed liberal special lady friend.
Don't read it as a romance, read it as a critique of the ruling class and how through its ideology it attempts to sell everything via the market place.
Yes - even your heart is an battlefield between the forces of freedom and socialism!
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