Glamor Economics

Chapter 1 Preface
Preface
The history of economics is very short, just over 200 years. In 1776, the British Adam?Smith (1723-1790) wrote a book called "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", also known as "The Wealth of Nations".This book is recognized as the founding work of economics, Adam?Smith became the "Father of Economics".

Economics has developed rapidly. In just 200 years after its establishment, many branches and schools have been formed. In addition, economists like to convert numbers into charts and models. In this way, in the eyes of ordinary people, economics appears to be Unfathomable and daunting.

In fact, economics is not a difficult subject.In economics master Milton?In Friedman's eyes, "Economics is a fascinating science. The most fascinating thing is that the basic principles of economics are so simple that they can be written on a piece of paper and understood by anyone." Economics In his book "Economics", the scientist Stiglitz once used a car to explain all the principles of economics.Samuelson joked that if a parrot could be taught to say the words "demand" and "supply," the parrot could become an economist.

From this point of view, economics is not as scary as we imagined, nor is it irrelevant to us.Economics studies the world around us, and what it reveals is the simple truth behind the complex world.In short, economics is a social science that studies human behavior and how to rationally allocate scarce resources.We live in a world of scarce resources, energy is depleted day by day, the environment is deteriorating, wars are incessant, and the international situation is changing... The root causes of all these problems can be attributed to the reality of resource scarcity, and reasonable explanations can be found from the perspective of economics .It can also be said that it is precisely because of the existence of this scarcity that economics appears, and the research direction of economics is to realize the optimal allocation of limited resources.

Economics is a practical subject, ranging from household consumption, production and management to international trade and macro-control.Samuelson said it well: "Studying economics does not make you a genius, but if you don't study economics, your fate will probably be at odds with you." , we can all gain beneficial enlightenment from economics.

Economics has gradually become popular, and now even some ordinary vegetable vendors know about inflation, and CPI has become a common word in the mouths of street aunts. Economics has gradually entered our lives and become popular.With the development of economic globalization and market economy, the charm of economics is increasing day by day, and people are more and more aware of the urgency of studying economics.

Based on this, we have compiled this economics popularization book which is interesting, professional, comprehensive and practical to popularize economics knowledge and broaden reading horizons for readers.

In this book, we take the current most authoritative and professional economics works as the blueprint, take the core concepts of economics as the main line, and integrate profound economic theories into wonderful cases, so that you can learn the most useful things in a relaxed and pleasant way. Knowledge of economics, fully appreciate the charm of economics.

The content of this book involves economic concepts closely related to our lives, such as supply and demand, price and value, choice, market, manufacturer behavior, competition and monopoly, demand and consumption behavior, consumption and preference, and macroeconomic data. It is not only a popular reader of economics knowledge, but also a scientific and practical reference book to guide economic life.I hope this book can bring more joy and help to your life.

In the process of compiling this book, we have extensively referred to existing economics works as well as relevant cases and materials from the Internet and newspapers, and hereby express our deep gratitude to many experts and scholars.Due to the limitations of the editor's knowledge and experience, it is inevitable that there will be errors, omissions and deficiencies in this book.

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