"Economic changes include not only changes in the economy but also changes within the managements of firms, especially in their responses to external economic changes. Many things that we take for granted today, as features of a modern economy, were resisted when first proposed and had to fight uphill to establish themselves by the power of the marketplace. Even something as widely used today as credit cards were initially resisted."
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Basic Economics (Thomas Sowell)
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell is a general introduction into the study of economics. The book was first published in 2000.
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