I would imagine reading an economics book is difficult. What about Tom Weiner’s performance did you like? Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it History repeats itself, and Sowell uses history to demonstrate fallacy.

Surely there are counter points! But how can you argue with history? That's his brilliance. I have to be careful and not simply accept what he says at face value. But this translates well into audio there are no charts or graphs in this economic tome. Would you consider the audio edition of Basic Economics, Fifth Edition to be better than the print version? Thomas Sowell for president! (Hey he's only 85, that isn't too old is it?) It's economics pure and simple and is fascinating. This thing is almost 25 hours long, takes a while to listen to but it is like music to your ears. His reminders how economists are known for being boring because of splashing cold water on policies due to cold hard boring facts. The absolute lack of mudslinging towards liberals, he actually operates under the assumption of people encouraging government intervention all with the best of intentions. His examples of the effects of price controls. His explanation of the difference between prices and costs.

Some of my favorite things of the book are: - His often repeated statement is his definition of economics: Utilization of scarce resources which have alternative uses. Even if you don't agree with his explanations, you will still come out of this book with a better understanding of economics as you would have to come up with a logical reason to disagree with him, because his beautiful explanations and examples are essentially devoid of emotion, which is a very good thing. Everything he says is very well supported either using simple logic, hypothetical situations and many real world international and domestic examples. Sowell expertly explains economics in this 25 hour long monster in a way that everyone can understand and enjoy. People say that is all the time, but this REALLY NEEDS to be required reading (listening in this case), and here is why: Mr.

Basic economics 5th edition