Book Review: Economics: The User’s Guide by Ha-Joon Chang

I have been reading books about economics, banks, 2008 near collapse, and other cheery subjects. It started as the research for my upcoming novel, and it turned into an obsession. I want to understand how humans, our transactions, and other behavior affects the world. How the economy along with politics (the book argues that the two can’t be separated, I agree,) influence how disruptive situations like depression and wars come to be.

Economics: The User’s Guide gives you the basic understandi...