The author's goal is to explain briefly and simply how the modern economy as a whole functions. This is achieved by presenting short and self-contained chapters that accurately and understandably describe the terminology, developments, and structure of the economy.
It fills a gap that exists between simple journalistic reporting of economic events and academic texts that are quite specialized for the general public.
It is addressed a) to those who have knowledge of economics, aiming to serve as a reference manual to which they can refer to recall anything related to the specific terms of microeconomics and macroeconomics, and b) to those who have no training in economics, explaining economic concepts without being tiresome.