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SPIN-FREE ECONOMICS
by Nariman Behravesh
from McGraw-Hill
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
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The last Chapter is Worth the Price opf the book! 
My captioned title of this review says it all: With the confusion coming out of Washington and the idiocy in today's greed-driven markets, the Author presents a refreshing and understandable view of what happened and why! If onlyhe could prevent a repeat!
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center-right spin
I'm disappointed to write a negative review of this book. If the book was advertised differently, I would probably review it very positively actually.
First, let's get something out of the way: I have a very pro-market orientation and am very conservative on most economic issues. And I agreed with 90% of what was presented in this book--a little too moderate, but fairly in line with my worldview. Greg Mankiw and Tyler Cowen have been the book's most enthusiastic reviewers and they are, guess what,... more info
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Heavily biased and poorely researched 
This book is NOT spin free; it has a quite obvious classic liberal/conservative bias. That would be fine, was it not advertised as "spin-free" and were the author willing to admit that he is not representing a majority of economists on all issues. For instance he argues that taxing consumption is better than income, yet most economists agree that a progressive personal income tax is the best possible system (See Alan S. Blinder & James Baumol's economics textbook).
Furthermore, many of his claims... more info
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Not bad but not spin free
There are some nice write ups here but this is not spin free. This is mostly free market economics that is fairly blind to most of its shortcomings. If you like free market capitalism then you'll like this book. If you believe in a mixed economy, with some progressive leanings, then you won't.
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