It felt like a massive omission.īut what really makes the book jarring is the focus away from economics in the second half. The book is accused of a left-wing bias, but this was one of that presidency’s most attacked points by the left wing. It is a bit puzzling that it seemed to over avoid the Obama presidency’s contribution to the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which was the very beginning of the Obama presidency. I wish I could say that this was the books only flaw. Someone working on this book made a massive aesthetic failure, and it effected the whole reading of this book.
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But they are also printed in a font that was made for comic books, and not for massive text walls – there is a reason why we have professional type-setters, and there is a reason we don’t write in comic sans. Sure, the text walls are comparatively small when one considers literally any other book on economics. Economix is at time packed with text walls, which would seem to defeat the point of writing this as a comic book. I would imagine (though I can’t be sure) that this is Dan Burr’s fault.
Despite the fact that both deal with exceedingly difficult topics at times (and here i am expecting defenders to pop up and say that economics is more difficult than philosophy, to which I reply – horse shit), Action Philosophers never manages to make you feel overwhelmed by the page. Action Philosophers does a much better job breaking down truly difficult concepts into better bite sized pieces. I’ve read other book in this style, and I do have to admit that this was the worst one. With this, there can be a very good marriage between the two, as the aesthetic layout leads to the quality of the content. Fiction is often looked at as an aesthetic object, while non-fiction is looked at more critically. When I write these reviews, I tend to look at things differently if the book is non-fiction vs fiction. That is by no means a complete description of what economics is. Economix is economics explained in comic book form, with a particular focus on the advent of capitalism and its effect on world history. Well, that is what Michael Goodwin and Dan E Burr have endeavored to do. If only someone can explain it to me in a way I can understand. At some point you get older and begrudgingly accept that yea, this shit is important.
It seems all important, so long as you care about money. Partially because I noticed in those conversations what people seem to hate about postmodern philosophy – namely that it claims to explain everything, and no one seems to have the same handle and explanation of it. In the beginning of your book, you express a sincere concern that most people don’t know or understand the history of economics.As a child, every time someone spoke about the economy I died a little inside. So there really wasn’t a way for laypeople to learn about the things that interest us–how we got where we are, where we’re headed, and what we can do about it. Worse, economics, especially at the introductory levels, is surprisingly limited it studiously avoids many of the questions that matter. I think that’s because the economy is fascinating–we live in it, after all–but economics isn’t an appropriate tool for most of us to understand it the way it’s usually taught relies on abstractions, math, and geometry that drive most people away. I really had no idea what to expect, and I’d mentally prepared myself for the book to fall between the cracks (it really is an odd beast). Has the reception surprised you, and why do you think it’s doing so well?
That’s really impressive for any book, but particularly for one tackling a topic as complex and dry as economics. Recently released this fall, the book has been a huge hit–and it can be yours when you donate at least $35 to The LAMP by December 18, thanks to Mike and Abrams Books! Author Joel Bakan says, “Goodwin has done the seemingly impossible–he has made economics comprehensible and funny,” and ’s James Floyd Kelly says, “I just cannot stress how amazing this book is!” Read on for more about how the book came to be a graphic novel, why everyone needs to understand economics and the links between money and media.Įconomix has been getting a lot of attention–it made the New York Times Top 10 list for best-selling graphic novels, and got great praise from economists and other reviewers. Michael Goodwin is the author of Economix: How Our Economy Works (And Doesn’t Work) In Words and Pictures, a graphic novel explaining in plain English what everyone should know about how our economy works (hint: does not include cliffs).
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