Visible Hand

"“What we badly need right now is someone to remind us of what economic freedom is and does. Matthew Hennessey’s Visible Hand is a wise reminder that free markets are essential to human flourishing. In an engaging and highly amusing style he boils economic concepts down to their essence. Buy this for any son or daughter who needs to know what American capitalism is, what it isn’t, and why its departure would bring great ill.”—Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal columnist “Matthew Hennessey makes the case for liberal democracy and American capitalism in plain English—and he does it with a sense of humor, too. Nothing dismal here. Econ 101 should always be this much fun.”—Larry Kudlow, former director of the National Economic Council “Matthew Hennessey brings to economics the sensibility of a man who grew up helping to tend bar at his father’s saloon in New Jersey: He has no interest in putting on airs, only in telling you the story. In Visible Hand he has produced the most completely enjoyable book on economics I’ve ever encountered. Economics? Enjoyable? Did I just write that? Because of Matt, I did.”—Peter Robinson, Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution “As a libertarian, I don’t like mandates, but Visible Hand should be required reading for every American. It will restore faith in the power of capitalism to increase opportunity for all of us, especially those born without wealth and privilege. For too long, economics has been the province of writers of gray prose and makers of two-dimensional supply-and-demand charts. Hennessey uses personal experience, history, and popular culture to create a thrilling story about how the world actually works. I’m going to make my sons—a Millennial and a Zoomer—read Visible Hand, which explains how individualism, free markets, choice, and entrepreneurial risk make us richer, happier, and more fulfilled.""—Nick Gillespie, editor at large, Reason “This delightful and entertaining book makes the ideas behind economics accessible to all. It also reminds both novices and econ wonks why economic reasoning is so important and critical to understanding the world today.”—Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow      "