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Finally! A book about economics that won't put you to sleep. In fact, you won't be able to put this one down. Naked Economics makes up for all of those Econ 101 lectures you slept through (or avoided) in college, demystifying key concepts, laying bare the truths behind the numbers, and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alan Greenspan: American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006.
- Bill Gates: Add a description of this character.
- Bill Clinton
- Gary Becker
- Paul Krugman: Noble Prize winning economist.
- Jeffrey Sachs
- Quayle
- Ben Bernanke
- Stuart
- Obama
- Paul Volcker
- Adam Smith
- Bear Stearns
Setting & Locations edit
- America
- United States
- Chicago
- India
- Wall Street
- Japan
- South Africa
- China
- Iowa
- Seattle
- Vietnam
- Mexico
- Maine
- Europe
- Argentina
- Illinois
- Bangladesh
- Paris
- South Korea
- France
- Detroit
- Princeton
- Washington
- Israel
- Mississippi
- Canada
- Moscow
- Saudi Arabia
- Michael Jordan
- Angola
- Malawi
- Silicon Valley
- Germany
- Brazil
- Lincoln Park
- Harvard
- Iceland
- New Zealand
- Britain
- London
- Viagra
- Russia
- Puerta Vallarta
- Manhattan
- Singapore
- Hollywood
- Mumbai
First Sentence edit
In 1989, as the Berlin Wall was toppling, Douglas Ivester, head of Coca-Cola Europe (and later CEO), made a snap decision.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles J. Wheelan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Norton
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 354
Publisher: Norton
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 354
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 330
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