* Do taxes help more than they hurt?* What effect does redistributing wealth have on our economy---and those who participate in its redistribution?* What is the role of government?* How does an economy work?James Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, and Dwight R. Lee are three of the most prominent economists today, and in Common Sense Economics they show us why economic understanding is an essential ingredient for life in today's society, a key element that empowers those who possess it to better take charge of their own lives and their own responsibilities to their society. In clear, powerful language free of any hint of jargon or obscurity, they illuminate the basic principles of supply and demand, private ownership, trade, and more. In a world where free trade, taxes, and government spending are issues everyone needs to understand, Common Sense Economics is a lucid, simple explanation of how and why our economy and our world work the way they do, and how and why individuals and nations prosper.

詹姆斯D.格沃特尼，在佛羅裏達州立大學從事自由企業、經濟學教育方麵的研究工作。他曾擔任1999-2000年度美國國會聯閤經濟委員會首席經濟學傢。他是《經濟學：私人和公共選擇》（湯普森／西南齣版社）的作者之一，該書在過去的二十年問已經再版十次，被超過100萬的學生所使用。同時，他也是《世界的經濟自由》的作者之一。這是一篇關於120多個國傢的製度與政策的年度報告，這份報告已通過全球性的網絡機構發錶。2004年，他獲得瞭由私有企業教育協會（APEE）所頒發的亞當·斯密奬。