Economics In Two Lessonsis now available in Australia from Footprint books.
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Economics In Two Lessonsis now available in Australia from Footprint books.
John Quiggin 
Should have waited – just bought on Amazon US at a slightly higher price – though, I think, hard-cover. Interested to read in full and will eventually try to review. Still unsure of the intended market though you got me.
I guess I have in mind the kind of people who read my blog. I think my book would be more useful than the standard texts for undergrads who don’t intend to become economists, but I don’t imagine it will be adopted widely.
The blog post needs more white space. I hope this is not true of the dead tree book.
I once (when much younger) read an instructive article in Penthouse with practical advice to budding pornographers, of a kind that JQ would not get from the Princeton University Press. Since pornographers were paid at the time by the line, the trick is short Hemingway-style declarative sentences, often in in single paragraphs, and liberal use of spaces and repeat keys. For instance, anal penetration could be represented economically by the line
“Nnnnngggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
I submit this information as a public service, in case JQ ever tries an update to Dante’s Inferno featuring torture porn inflicted on Abbott, Adani, the IPA, Monckton, Murdoch and other enemies of the people.
Another review JQ.
Your next book? Externalities in 2 Lessons – for economists?
“The second lesson…
“There are plenty of examples and the book is very clear, making it an attractive supplement for undergraduate courses – I guess this is the target market as each chapter has further reading. “.
Review by Diane Coyle. April 13, 2019
http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2019/04/the-second-lesson/