Introduction

"Most of the great ideas in economics are intuitive when dressings of complexity are peeled away." Charles Wheelan states this towards the end of the introduction. Earlier in the introduction he substantiates this claim with logical summaries of human behavior while using economics, such as the financial crisis hot potato game, the possibility of politicians creating poor economic policy for political gain, and the improper outlook Americans have on reforming health care. All of these issues I have wondered about but the numbers and foreign terms used by economists in news articles or on NPR led to my deeming them over my head issues.