Basic Economics
Fifth Edition cover of Basic Economics | |
| Author | Thomas Sowell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 366 (first edition), 704 (fifth edition) (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0465081387 |
| OCLC | 873007676 |
| Preceded by | Intellectuals and Race |
| Followed by | Wealth, Poverty and Politics |
Basic Economics is a non-fiction book by American economist Thomas Sowell published by Basic Books in 2000. The original subtitle was A Citizen's Guide to the Economy, but from the third edition in 2007 on it was subtitled A Common Sense Guide to the Economy.
Basic Economics is focused on how societies create prosperity or poverty for their peoples by the way they organize their economies.