{"product_id":"les-gratitudes-book-delphine-de-vigan-9782709663960","title":"Les gratitudes","description":"The free market makes the world go around. Maybe it's time we all tried to understand it a little better. Luckily Eamonn Butler is the ideal teacher to get us all up to speed. \u003cp\u003eMarkets are everywhere. But how many of us understand how they work, and why? What does a 'free market' really mean? Do free markets actually exist? Should we have more or less of them? Most of all - do we really need to know all this? Answer: Yes we do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAKING ECONOMICS SIMPLE SO THAT EVEN POLITICIANS CAN UNDERSTAND IT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf any mention of free markets sends your mind screaming back to your musty old school economics textbook, think again. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest Book on the Market\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you gripped, intrigued and well informed. Abandoning complicated mumbo-jumbo, Eamonn Butler, Director of the UK's leading free market think-tank, demystifies the world of markets, competition, monopolies and cartels, prices and overspills. Using examples from our everyday lives Dr Butler explains how the markets we have, and the many more we need, can work to create a richer, freer and more peaceful world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE FREE ECONOMY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe delves into the morality of markets and interrogates important issues such as why feckless rock-stars are paid much more than worthy nurses; whether we should worry about people trading in arms, water, healthcare etc; whether black markets are immoral; and questions of equality; sweatshops, and fair trade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is about the free market and how unfree it can be when there is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Eamonn Butler presents solid arguments against government attempts to 'perfect' the markets by regulation, controls, subsidies, or by adopting measures which obstruct competition and private ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV clav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVividly and simply explains competition, entrepreneurship and prices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Blundell, Director, Institute of Economic Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A great little book that gets to the heart of how and why markets work, in a very engaging and easily understood way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Lewis, Research Director, Economic Research Council \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e I welcome this witty, lucid explanation of how entrepreneurs and business people make a positive contribution to our lives, and why economists often don't.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Neil, leading journalist and BBC presenter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnything which educates the public - and politicians - on how the free economy actually works is always welcome. Dr Butler does this in style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLord Lawson, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryone in business would do well to understand the basic principles of markets which Dr Butler clarifies so well in this short book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllister Heath, Editor of The Business and Associate Editor of The Spectator \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book does great justice to the vibrancy of markets and what makes them tick\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Richardson, former Finance Minister of New Zealand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's refreshing to see an economist who understands the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in pushing progress forward, and who can explain it in straightforward language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrevor Baylis OBE (inventor of the wind-up radio)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI'm glad to see that Dr Butler stresses the role of innovators - and the importance of market structures that encourage innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Clive Sinclair (inventor)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Butler's book is a welcome and very readable contribution on the mechanisms and morality of the free economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir John Major KG CH (former UK Prime Minister)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Market' is one of the first six-letter words that every English-speaking child learns: as in 'This - little - piggy - went - to - market'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Howe, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49535026856209,"sku":"GOR013667790","price":4.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49630127587601,"sku":"GOR009886331","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49874296209681,"sku":"CIN2709663961G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49906558533905,"sku":"GOR011704943","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/2709663961.jpg?v=1750870366","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/les-gratitudes-book-delphine-de-vigan-9782709663960","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}