Who Pays?—Entering the Economics Chatroom

Author: Du Zhongming
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Compared to the past, our material and spiritual lives have made leaps and bounds of progress. However, people often "eat meat when they pick up the bowl but curse the mother when they put down the chopsticks." Government agencies are streamlined year after year, yet they continue to become more bloated. Many small personal businesses gradually grow into giants, while some giant enterprises collapse without warning—why is this? Who Pays the Bill—Joining the Economics Chatroom explains these puzzling questions in a light-hearted and humorous tone. This book does not deliberately pursue the rigor of economic logic but transforms the once "complex" principles of economics into simple life through vivid stories and real-life cases of ordinary people's daily routines, expenses, job searches, and investments. As long as you take a moment of leisure from your fast-paced life and step into our "economics chatroom," with a cup of hot tea in hand, you can read a few paragraphs and are sure to gain insights while enjoying a sense of relaxation, joy, and freedom.