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Introduction, Why Study Economics?, p. 1
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Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

— Jim Stanford

What It Means

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Jim Stanford

About Jim Stanford

Jim Stanford is the resident economist for the Canadian Auto Workers and founder of the Progressive Economics Forum. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research.