: Unlike physics, which deals with atoms, economics is a social science that deals with how we interact, cooperate, and sometimes clash.

But in his book , economist Jim Stanford argues that if you work for a living and struggle to balance your checkbook, you are already an expert on the "economics of everyday life". The Economy is Just... Us Working

: Stanford invites readers to ignore the experts and just take a walk through their own neighborhood. Ask yourself: Who is working? What are they producing? Who is benefiting from that work? These are the real building blocks of any economic theory. Demystifying Capitalism