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It's an essential read for anyone interested in the intricacies of economic thought or those who simply wish to adopt a more analytical mindset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is categorised under Biography \u0026amp; Memoir, as it combines biographical elements with Mochrie’s professional insights, offering a unique glimpse into the life of an economist. 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Climate change may seem to be an ecological, social, or technological problem, but it is also an economic problem because its solution will transform the structure of the global economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Think Like an Economist\u003c\/em\u003e provides a readable and entertaining guide to the great thinkers who help us understand how economics works. It looks at how Aristotle invented the household budget, why Adam Smith wanted to abolish rent, and how modern Nobel prize winners shape the world around us. From the Greeks and Romans to the thinkers behind Enron and the financial crash of 2008, this is the ultimate guide to the greatest economists of the human age, and what their extraordinary thinking can teach us about how to see the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobbie Mochrie also discusses why economics is so Western, White, and male – and how economics is beginning to become more diverse in its representation. 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Living through a pandemic, governments had to work out how to put economies into a deep freeze without destroying them. Avoiding climate catastrophe means changing economies so that they don’t bake the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn explaining how economic thinking is indispensable to tackling these huge problems, \u003cem\u003eHow to Think Like an Economist\u003c\/em\u003e is a sure-footed guide, spanning Aristotle’s ideas about restraining consumption, Adam Smith’s thinking about the importance of moral character for sustained economic development, and Esther Duflo’s ongoing work to help the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty. 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