I'm a little bit surprised by it as well - my current book list - "The economic naturalist - Why economics explains almost everything".
Economics has been a nightmare for me for quite a few years. I did well in for the first two years - just like everyone said it's super easy for CE Economics, basically you just memorize the definition of opportunity cost then you'll score 2 marks. The result in CE trapped me choosing the subject for my A-Level, and that's how I started hating it.
Yes. Simply HATE it. Originally I thought I was going to nail it and it would get me entering Global Business or International Management or something like that (Okayyy obviously it's a dream). But then I kept on failing on tests and exams. At last I got an E in the A-Level...(phewwww...big relief...) so I thought I'll just forget it, as what I vividly remember in economics class (ironically), "Bygones are bygones".
And my non-expected study in Management made me attend for another two classes in micro/macroeconomics in my first year of university. I ALMOST fail in the macroeconomics...So I really thought I'm not gonna to touch it for the rest of my life...
Okay that's just an introduction for today's topic. I "accidentally" picked up this book in PageOne, got attracted by it's cover, and seemingly easy-to-read. Well I am exhausted with novels because it's always too long and I usually just leave it on my bedside table for a long time. Then for a long time my so-called reading is limited to magazines and travel guides...
But I do love reading. For some time I have tried to write a lot, and after three years, I really thank the 15 minutes Reading Time we used to have after lunch time, because after graduated from secondary school I never have the initiative to sit down and read everyday. And a good writer must first read a lot of what the others write as well.
Out of topic, but anyway I'd like to recommend you to read this book. They got the second one with the orange cover already, but I'm just way too slow...(especially when it's an English language book...). But from an easy, relaxing perspective to look at Economics, actually it can be quite interesting. I wish the book is out a few years earlier, and perhaps I would have a better grade! And probably this book is most suitable for people like me - have learnt all the terms back in school but you can never remember the definitions and explains the rationale behind!
Enjoy reading!
I haven't read the book but feel the same way. We are economic creatures. It seems to be a consequence of how our minds are wired and the simple fact that all creatures must outwit other creatures to survive. Economics is just the science of understanding those interactions in the terms that best explain them.
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