30-Second Economics

Keynesian Economics, Free Market Capitalism, Monetarism, Game Theory and The Invisible Hand? Sure, you know what they all mean.* That is, you’ve certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these economic theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your financial knowledge?

30-Second Economics takes the top 50 economic theories and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and one picture. Economics will suddenly seem a lot more fun than the economy, and make a lot more sense, and along the way you’ll meet the founding fathers of modern economics such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Alfred Marshall. From Marxism to Mercantilism, plus: everything in between, this is the ultimate ‘crash’ course in economic theory.