Briscoe, Simon
Description
Almost every day, new economic information is made available to us through the newspapers and other media. From this data the government is praised or
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criticized by politicians, fortunes are made or lost on the stock market, business decisions are made and union officials may predict the financial future of their members. Interpreting the Economy describes the indicators and shows how they should be interpreted and can be manipulated. It shows how we can all learn to isolate what is important, cut through the packaging, tell the difference between irrelevant blips and significant trends, and thus gain real insight into what is happening - and is likely to happen - in the real world.
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