Rahul Gupta

The introduction of the book really sets high expectations. The author lays out pertinent questions that we all have thought about at one point in time. As you start with Chapter 1, it really feels like a mind-opening experience and you get a strong feeling that this book will turn out to be a great journey. Well, that stops right after Chapter 1. The rest of the reading experience, at best, can be summarized as reading a study guide before the exam. This book is not for you if - - you are not proficient in reading and understanding English. - you do not feel comfortable doing deep research on the Internet. - you expect a book to cover topics in decent detail. The only thing this book does for a layman in Economics is it gives you a structure to begin with. It has a list of topics in a nice sequential order so that by the end of the book, you will have formed a base in Economics. However, when it comes to teaching, this book is a reflection of the Indian education system. Satish Y. Deodhar definitely knows Economics but he doesn't know story-telling. Learning through story-telling, discussing topics as if you were conversing with the audience, and breaking down topics into jargon-free explanations - these things are downright missing in Indian learning books. For instance, the author covers a topic in detail first and then later on gives a little explanation of the terms that were important to understand that topic. He simply skips defining important economic/financial terms, maybe expecting readers to google it. To anyone reading my review, I would suggest you read Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens or Norman Lewis' Better English. You will know how learning can be made easy and exciting through story-telling.