"…Chancellor Geoffrey Howe…has endorsed a new tome by Adam Smith Institute boss Eamonn Butler on the power of free markets." (The Evening Standard, Monday 31st March 2008)
"…Chancellor Geoffrey Howe…has endorsed a new tome by Adam Smith Institute boss Eamonn Butler on the power of free markets." (The Evening Standard, Monday 31st March 2008)
"...well written...full of rather good anecdotes about markets" (Dr Grumble Blog, September 26, 2008)
"The best book on markets ever! Buy this book or sink in the global economy!" TheMarketingHouse.org Monday 30 June 2008 "Eamonn Butler takes the reader on a tour de force around the realities of markets, providing practical guidance". AdamSmithsLostLegacy.com Monday 2 June 2008 "...a very interesting read and a great introduction for anyone who wants an insight into the market economy." BBC's Working Lunch online "A provocative read." Total Politics August 2008 "Ideal for general readers, the book uses everyday examples and addresses social issues such as sweatshops and fair trade."Moneywise June 2008 "Witty and easy to understand, it challenges the mathematic, quasi-scientific way that economics is often taught"InvisibleHand.nl Friday 25 April 2008 "Anything which educates the public and politicians...on how the free economy actually works...is always welcome. Dr. Butler does this in style." Atlasusa.org Thursday 10 April 2008 "Anything which educates the public and politicians...on how the free economy actually works...is always welcome. Dr. Butler does this in style." Atlasusa.org Thursday 10 April 2008
Product Description
The free market makes the world go around. Maybe it’s time we all tried to understand it a little better. Luckily Eamonn Butler is the ideal teacher to get us all up to speed.
Markets are everywhere. But how many of us understand how they work, and why? What does a ‘free market’ really mean? Do free markets actually exist? Should we have more or less of them? Most of all – do we really need to know all this? Answer: Yes we do.
MAKING ECONOMICS SIMPLE SO THAT EVEN POLITICIANS CAN UNDERSTAND IT
If any mention of free markets sends your mind screaming back to your musty old school economics textbook, think again. The Best Book on the Market will keep you gripped, intrigued and well informed. Abandoning complicated mumbo-jumbo, Eamonn Butler, Director of the UK’s leading free market think-tank, demystifies the world of markets, competition, monopolies and cartels, prices and overspills. Using examples from our everyday lives Dr Butler explains how the markets we have, and the many more we need, can work to create a richer, freer and more peaceful world.
STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE FREE ECONOMY
He delves into the morality of markets and interrogates important issues such as why feckless rock-stars are paid much more than worthy nurses; whether we should worry about people trading in arms, water, healthcare etc; whether black markets are immoral; and questions of equality; sweatshops, and fair trade.
“This book is about the free market and how unfree it can be when there is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Eamonn Butler presents solid arguments against government attempts to ‘perfect’ the markets by regulation, controls, subsidies, or by adopting measures which obstruct competition and private ownership.”
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