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Understanding economics
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CCPA Monitor
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Jul/Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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EDITORIAL:
Understanding economics
Economies is too important to be left to the economists. This is why Jim Stanford, an economist with the Canadian Auto Workers and a CCPA Research Associate, has written Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism. It's a book that's superbly written in clear, non-academic language that all of us can easily read and understand.
We're all affected in some way by economic booms or busts, by the economic policies of governments and corporations, by the terribly unequal way the wealth generated by the economy in a global capitalist market system is distributed. Our living standard, our jobs, our quality of life: all are largely ...