Everything you need to know about economics in 140 characters or less. Tweetonomics pecks a hole in the jargon and explains the 140 most important economic terms and concepts in 20 tweets or less. Tweetonomics uses plain English and flies straight to the point. The book is divided into nine chapters, covering such important issues as globalisation, boom & bust, overseas development, green economics and the everyday workings of national economies. It also gives an overview of the big economic ideas of the past 150 years and the people who shaped them.