Description

Monty is a dog, not a financial genius, but economics still shapes his everyday life.

Over the course of seventeen walks, Dr Rebecca Campbell chews over economic concepts and investigates how they apply to our lives – people and mutts alike. There are no graphs, no charts (Monty can’t read them) and definitely no calculus!

How to Teach Economics to Your Dog tackles the knotty question of what economics actually is. Is it a mathematical science like physics? Or a moral and philosophical investigation of how societies should manage scarce resources?

Along the way we meet some of the great thinkers from Adam Smith to Thomas Piketty, and ponder questions such as: What on earth does quantitative easing mean? And why are some countries so much richer than others?

Publisher Review

'How to Teach Economics to Your Dog is a truly delightful scamper through economic ideas and history. Through their brilliantly written dialogues with their inquisitive and cheeky Maltese terrier, the authors show where today's economy came from and how economic concepts can help us understand it. Rebecca Campbell and Anthony McGowan achieve that rarest of things: an accessible introduction to economics that is playful and entertaining but doesn't shy away from the complexities of the subject.' -- Niall Kishtainy, author of A Little History of Economics 'I have read many introductions to economics, none as entertaining and readily accessible as this one. Monty, you're a lucky dog to have such wonderful teachers!' -- Alexander Pepper, professor of management practice, LSE