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Lester prize, awarded at princeton university, for the outstanding book in labor economics and industrial relations published in 2005. Using a unique graphic approach, it explains the issues that affect us all, including taxation, recession, the housing market, the stock market, and savings rates. Economics is important because it is the study of some of the most important resources on earth. It was kind of disorganized and didnt explain some concepts very well they werent as simply explained as the title claims. But it has a minor cosmetic flaws, such as a scratched or creased cover or a ding on the spine or a smudge mark on cover.
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