Leiser D., Shemesh Y. How We Misunderstand Economics and Why it Matters: the Psychology of Bias, Distortion and Conspiracy

Taylor and Francis, 2018. — 181 p. — ISBN 131567534X, 9781138938939.Introduction: Folk-economic beliefs.
Why is economics so hard?
Cognitive hurdles.
Unemployment and inflation.
The "good begets good" heuristic: The relations between macroeconomic variables.
What is the economy like?: How metaphors shape our understanding of economics.
Ideology: Lay understanding of capitalism.
Money and wealth.
Financial and economic literacy.
Public policy consequences.