Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science is a book by Charles Wheelan
that seeks to translate basic economic issues into a format that can be easily read by people with little or no previous knowledge of economics. The Chicago Tribune
described the book as "Translat[ing] the arcane and often inscrutable jargon of the professional economist into language accessible to the inquiring but frustrated layman."http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall03/032486.htm
It was translated into Arabic in 2008, and published under the same title: الاقتصاد عاريا by Kalemat Arabia
for Translation and Publishing, an Egyptian publishing house.
There is now a fully revised and updated version of this book with a Foreword by Burton G. Malkeil, published in 2010
Charles Wheelan
Charles 'Charlie' Wheelan is the author of Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the special election for Illinois's 5th congressional district, the seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel....
that seeks to translate basic economic issues into a format that can be easily read by people with little or no previous knowledge of economics. The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
described the book as "Translat[ing] the arcane and often inscrutable jargon of the professional economist into language accessible to the inquiring but frustrated layman."http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall03/032486.htm
It was translated into Arabic in 2008, and published under the same title: الاقتصاد عاريا by Kalemat Arabia
Kalemat Arabia
Kalemat Arabia is a publishing company that was founded in 2007 in Cairo, Egypt, as an initiative to bridge the gap between the Arab and the western culture, by means of facilitating access to western knowledge for the Arab reader by providing translations of the Western cultural and intellectual...
for Translation and Publishing, an Egyptian publishing house.
There is now a fully revised and updated version of this book with a Foreword by Burton G. Malkeil, published in 2010