Mises Wire
Author:
Per Bylund
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[This article is chapter 1 from Bylund’s new book How to Think about the Economy : A Primer .] Economics is an exciting field. The economics of old sought to uncover how the world works. It showed, or even proved, that there is a natural order to it. There is structure to the apparent chaos. The economy has something of a life of its own: it has