Gross domestic product, business cycles, Consumer Price Index, prime rate - the pages of the newspaper are studded with terms like these every day, but how many of us really know what they mean? With humor, clarity, and a deft touch for simplifying complex ideas, Jacob De Rooy explains the basic concepts of economics in language anyone can understand.<BR>Written in an accessible question-and-answer format, and divided into 26 concise articles, the book can be used in two ways: read straight through as a short course in economics, or dipped into as a reference work. Throughout the text, anecdotal examples illustrate economic ideas in real-life terms. For anyone who writes, speaks, or reads about business, Economic Literacy will be an invaluable companion.