The division of Hachette Book Group will add two new imprints to its portfolio following the promotion of Lara Heimert to president and publisher: Basic Venture, a business and economics imprint ...

Here is another gem from his book “Basic Economics” (2000): “Another reason for public support for protectionism is that many economists do not bother to answer either the special interests ...

Ben Chu’s Exile Economics: What Happens If Globalisation Fails (Basic Books £25) reinforces Norberg’s findings.

Basic Economics is Sowell’s most popular book. It has vastly improved since the first edition was released in 2000 by Basic Books in New York.

However, while the book is useful if you know little about either the US economy, or economics in general, those more familiar with the subject may find it a bit basic. As Trent Hamm of the ...

BBC News’ journalists failure to understand “basic economics” is bringing a “high risk to impartiality,” according to a BBC-commissioned report. The finding was contained in the first ...