Economics for Everyone

“I have been waiting all my adult life for this book.  Jim Stanford, brilliant economist himself, can’t stand the high esteem in which most in his profession hold themselves or the mystery they use to surround their field.  So he spilled the beans.  He wrote a terrific book that demystifies economics and makes the subject accessible to us all.  Now there’s going to be trouble!”  Maude Barlow, Voluntary Chairperson, Council of Canadians, and international water rights campaigner.

“Jim Stanford has written a wonderfully accessible and useful book for union activists or anyone else who wants to learn about how the economy works in order to change it.”  Thea Lee, Economist, AFL-CIO, Washington DC.

“Is economics the ‘dismal science’?  Not in Jim Stanford’s capable hands.  His new book, Economics for Everyone, deserves its title. ‘Everyone’ can, in fact, read it, because it is written in an engaging, realistic style.  ‘Everyone’ should read it, because the real world is the laboratory of economic policy-making experiments and we all can see around us the harm that failed experiments have produced in the past.  If we are to have better economic policies in the future, ‘everyone’ needs a guide, and this one is short but sweet.”  Lars Osberg, Chair of Economics, Dalhousie University, and Former President, Canadian Economics Association.