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The goal of Reasonably Simple Economics is, not surprisingly, simple: to help us think like economists. When we do, so much of the world that seemed mysterious or baffling becomes more clear and understandable—improving our lives and providing new tools to succeed in business and career.rnIn a chatty style, economist Evan Osborne explains the economic foundations behind the things we read about or see in the news everyday:rn Why prices for goods and services are what they arern How government spending, regulation, and taxation can both hinder and help the economyrn Why and how some people get fabulously richrn How entrepreneurs reorganize society beneficiallyrn Why markets sometimes fail and when or if governments should intervene when they dorn How economics and statistics can explain such things as discrimination in hiring and providing services (and why discriminators are shooting themselves in the foot), why we’re smarter than we’ve ever been, and how technology makes the idea of Earth’s “carrying capacity” meaninglessrnAlong the way, you will learn the basic concepts of economics that well-educated citizens in democratic countries should know, like scarcity, opportunity cost, supply and demand, all the different ways economies are managed