Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
Edition: Unabridged
by Thomas Sowell 
read by Brian Emerson 
Publisher:  Blackstone Audio, Inc.  
Subject(s):   Business Nonfiction
Number of parts:   7 
Duration:   7 hours, 47 minutes 
ISBN:   0786153245 
Release date:   Sep 05, 2006 
 
 
Description    
Many of today’s economic issues are obscured by their inherent complexity and the often confusing and conflicting views coming from political talking heads. Sowell, a leading conservative economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, seeks to alleviate this confusion. He begins by elucidating the differences between politicians, who are often compelled by political considerations to act for the short term, and economists, who are more concerned with long term ramifications. Sowell then focuses on the application of economics to major contemporary real world problems—housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations.

Sowell’s audience is the average citizen with little or no economics background who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. 
  
About the Author    
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the recipient of many awards and prizes. His previous books for Blackstone Audiobooks include: Ethnic America, Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality, A Personal Odyssey, The Economics and Politics of Race, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, and many others.