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Naked Economics

Undressing the Dismal Science

Economics made plain, useful, and surprisingly readable.

by Charles Wheelan

Naked Economics strips the jargon out of economics and explains how markets, incentives, prices, and policy actually work in everyday life. Charles Wheelan walks through supply and demand, market failures, the role of government, trade, and central banking using accessible examples. It serves as a clear primer for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the economy.

Founders make constant bets on pricing, incentives, and market behavior, and this book builds the intuition behind those decisions without requiring a formal economics background. It helps you reason about why markets reward some choices and punish others, which sharpens both strategy and product thinking.

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