A million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale in our everyday lives Since then economics has become big news Crises austerity riots bonuses
- all are in the headlines all the time But how does this large-scale economic world really work? What would happen if we cancelled everyone's debt? How do you create a job? Will the BRIC countries take over the world? Asking
- among many other things -- what the future holds for the Euro why the banks are still paying record bonuses & where government borrowing will take us in The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Tim Harford returns with his trademark clarity & wit to explain what's really going on
- & what it means for us all