Mastering Economics
with Interactive Stories

(Hybrid Micro & Macro Version)

Eco Verse is a story-driven economics book where Tony and Lola Rodriquez, sibling owners of a Miami café, navigate real-world challenges that teach core macro and microeconomic concepts – without math or graphs. Through short, relatable stories, readers learn how inflation, pricing, supply chains, and more shape everyday decisions. It’s economics made simple, engaging, and perfect for teens, curious readers, and even parents who want to learn alongside their children.

ABOUT the BOOK

MEET the CHARACTERS

A NEW WAY TO LEARN ECONOMICS WITH DR. STEVE MCQUEEN

THE POWER OF STORIES IN ECONOMICS

Breaking Down Barriers to Understanding

For decades, economics has been taught through complex texts, heavy with graphs, equations, and jargon, leaving students feeling excluded from a subject that impacts every part of their daily lives.

What if economics could be understood by anyone?

What if the key to unlocking it was storytelling?

The author, who has over 25 years of experience teaching the subject, offers a revolutionary approach to teaching and learning economics. The author explores how stories like the ones taught by Jesus and others throughout history – can make even the most complex concepts accessible to everyone, educators and students alike.

Through anecdotes, humor, and insights drawn from those years of experience, this book challenges big publishers’ monopolization of economics education. With stories, the barriers that have kept so many people out of the conversation can finally be broken down. It is time to bring an understanding of economics back to the people.

Key Concepts: Supply and demand, input costs, inflation, price elasticity, consumer behavior globalism.

ECON-VERSE: Mastering Economics with Interactive Stories

In This Book, You’ll Discover:

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Why Stories Resonate: Learn why stories are not just entertaining, but powerful tools for teaching complex ideas, making them easier to understand, and helping students from all walks of life grasp key economic principles.

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The Rise of Elite Education: The author shares a personal story of witnessing the elitist attitudes within higher education, and how this culture of exclusivity in teaching economics needs to change.

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Economics for All: The author argues that traditional economics education often isolates students, and how stories can break down these barriers – making the subject accessible to anyone, regardless of background or prior knowledge.

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The Simplicity Principle: Moving away from complicated formulas and graphs, the book advocates for a simpler, more inclusive way to teach economics that works for everyone – high school students, home-schoolers, and even lower-level college students.

Econ-Verse: Mastering Economics with Interactive Stories

ECON-VERSE: Meet the Characters

Tony & Lola Rodriguez

In the heart of a bustling neighborhood, Tony and Lola Rodriguez ran a small but beloved café called La Casa de Sabores. It was the kind of place that felt like home to anyone who stepped through the door – warm, welcoming, and filled with the delicious scent of fresh coffee and pastries. Lola had always dreamed of owning a café, and with Tony by her side, they had turned that dream into a reality. Their journey to success wasn’t just about great recipes and warm smiles, it was also about understanding the economy that surrounded them.

Now, Tony and Lola weren’t economists. They didn’t study graphs or equations in school. They didn’t need to know all the technical jargon that typically came with the word ‘economics’. They did understand the economy of their café though, the decisions they made every day about how much to charge for their coffee, how many workers to hire, and how to adjust to the changing needs of their customers. In a way, this small café was a living, breathing example of both microeconomics and macroeconomics working together.

Dr. Steve McQueen

ECON-VERSE

Mastering Economics with Interactive Stories

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