American · b. 1966
Charles Wheelan is an American author and economist known for making economics and statistics accessible and engaging in bestsellers such as Naked Economics and Naked Statistics.
Charles Wheelan is a writer and public policy lecturer, formerly a correspondent for The Economist, who has made a specialty of explaining complex subjects to general readers with clarity and humor.
His “Naked” series — Naked Economics, Naked Statistics, and Naked Money — strips away jargon to make economics, data, and the monetary system genuinely understandable and entertaining. He has also written The Centrist Manifesto and other books on policy and public life.
Wheelan is admired for his gift for accessible explanation, helping ordinary readers grasp the ideas that shape the economy and society.
by Charles Wheelan
Wheelan uses real-world examples to explain the core concepts of economics — incentives, markets, the price system, human capital, financial markets, trade, and the limitations of GDP. Aimed at readers who want to understand how the economy works without a textbook.
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