Cash, our lives revolve around it. What we do for it, day in and day out can be quite amazing. Of course some of us love the jobs we have and we are thankful for it, especially when we hear stories of friends who may not have it so great; having to slog just to get the pay check every month. As much as we like what we do for a living or have to trudge to work daily we are compelled by that force called economy. No matter what our opinion may be of economy or economist we are tied into its force as soon as we decide that we want something for ourselves.
We start small as innocent children wanting our own toys, later we are taught as students to measure success by what we own from everyone–our parents, advertisements to politicians to movies; in no time we are rearing to get a job as soon as we out of school or college smitten by the allure of what a wad of cash can do for us. We have become part of that force arising from human effort we call the economy.
Living as citizens of nations weaves its economy into our lives, it would make sense that its study can provide us with insight that is beneficial to us. If only it was fun to study economy. Certainly a thick university text book is out of the question, but what about a comic book on economy? Yes, I enjoyed this book enormously. Economix by Micheal Goodwin (if you are into the Asterix comic series the name itself will touch your funny bone) is a book to sit and ENJOY the study of economy especially as the modern world's history. The book is an entertaining history book about how we got to where we are at today. Splashed here and there in this illustrated history book are economic principles and how they worked and didn't work. So if you are looking for some education in economy this book is a great start, even recommended by a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. This is not a small book, its 300 pages and is a keeper. The images on this post are from the book which is available on Amazon.com.
We start small as innocent children wanting our own toys, later we are taught as students to measure success by what we own from everyone–our parents, advertisements to politicians to movies; in no time we are rearing to get a job as soon as we out of school or college smitten by the allure of what a wad of cash can do for us. We have become part of that force arising from human effort we call the economy.
Living as citizens of nations weaves its economy into our lives, it would make sense that its study can provide us with insight that is beneficial to us. If only it was fun to study economy. Certainly a thick university text book is out of the question, but what about a comic book on economy? Yes, I enjoyed this book enormously. Economix by Micheal Goodwin (if you are into the Asterix comic series the name itself will touch your funny bone) is a book to sit and ENJOY the study of economy especially as the modern world's history. The book is an entertaining history book about how we got to where we are at today. Splashed here and there in this illustrated history book are economic principles and how they worked and didn't work. So if you are looking for some education in economy this book is a great start, even recommended by a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. This is not a small book, its 300 pages and is a keeper. The images on this post are from the book which is available on Amazon.com.
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