Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market

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Matthew Hennesseys Visible Hand is a wise reminder that free markets are essential to human flourishing.Peggy Noonan,Wall Street JournalColumnist

Econ 101 should always be this much fun. Larry Kudlow, former director of the National Economic Council

equips readers with the essential vocabulary necessary to understand and explain how we make the choices we do. In Hennessey's hands, economics is far from the dismal science. It's the sparkling art of decision making. No homework necessary.

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What we badly need right now is someone to remind us of what economic freedom is and does. Matthew Hennesseys Visible Handis a wise reminder that free markets are essential to human flourishing. In an engaging and highly amusing style he boils economic concepts down to their essence. Buy this for any son or daughter who needs to know what American capitalism is, what it isnt, and why its departure would bring great ill.Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journalcolumnist

Matthew Hennessey makes the case for liberal democracy and American capitalism in plain Englishand he does it with a sense of humor, too. Nothing dismal here. Econ 101 should always be this much fun.Larry Kudlow, former director of the National Economic Council

Matthew Hennessey brings to economics the sensibility of a man who grew up helping to tend bar at his fathers saloon in New Jersey: He has no interest in putting on airs, only in telling you the story. In Visible Handhe has produced the most completely enjoyable book on economics Ive ever encountered. Economics Enjoyable Did I just write that Because of Matt, I did.Peter Robinson, Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution

As a libertarian, I dont like mandates, but Visible Hand should be required reading for every American. It will restore faith in the power of capitalism to increase opportunity for all of us, especially those born without wealth and privilege. For too long, economics has been the province of writers of gray prose and makers of two-dimensional supply-and-demand charts. Hennessey uses personal experience, history, and popular culture to create a thrilling story about how the world actually works. Im going to make my sonsa Millennial and a Zoomerread Visible Hand, which explains how individualism, free markets, choice, and entrepreneurial risk make us richer, happier, and more fulfilled."Nick Gillespie, editor at large, Reason

This delightful and entertaining book makes the ideas behind economics accessible to all. It also reminds both novices and econ wonks why economic reasoning is so important and critical to understanding the world today.Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow

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Matthew Hennessey is theWall Street Journal'sdeputy op-ed editor.