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01685aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 F20668C8D8FD11E4BC6E09BDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150402010229 008 141124s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0465060730 020 $a 9780465060733 035 $a (OCoLC)896828366 040 $a PNX $b eng $c PNX $d PNX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d CGP $d SILO 050 4 $a HB171 $b .S713 2015 050 4 $a HB171 $b .S713 2015 082 04 $a 330 $2 23 100 1 $a Sowell, Thomas, $d 1930- $e author. 245 10 $a Basic economics : $b a common sense guide to the economy / $c Thomas Sowell. 246 30 $a Common sense guide to the economy. 250 $a Fifth edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, $c [2015] 300 $a ix, 689 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Sowell explains the principles of economics in plain jargon for the general public, answering questions like: Why are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks of New York in the winter, when abandoned apartment buildings have four times as many dwelling units as there are homeless people in the city? Why did Russians have to import food to feed people in Moscow, when Russia itself had vast amounts of some of the richest farmland in Europe? What are the reasons for the large differences in income and wealth between nations? 650 0 $a Economics. 941 $a 4 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064432.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006082617.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20151023141129.0 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20150402012837.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F20668C8D8FD11E4BC6E09BDDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search