Michael Anthony Lewis, PhD, MSSW, is a social worker and sociologist on the faculty of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He's also co-author of Economics for Social Workers, co-editor of The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, and co-founder of United States Basic Income Guarantee, an organization of academics and activists interested in promoting discussion of Universal BasicIncome.

What a wonderfully clear and informative book! I found myself learning about things I should have learned long ago but didn't, like what balance sheets are or the nitty-gritty of how the Electoral College works. Michael Lewis is a friendly, easy-going guide to all of these and so much more. He's the civics teacher (and math teacher, social science teacher, and economics teacher) we all wish we had." -Steven Strogatz, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University; Author, The Joy of x

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Arguments and Social IssuesChapter 2. The Math You Need to KnowChapter 3. Measurement and Social IssuesChapter 4. Demography and Social IssuesChapter 5. The Mathematics of Personal FinanceChapter 6. The Mathematics of BudgetsChapter 7. Probability and Social IssuesChapter 8. Statistics and Social IssuesChapter 9. The Mathematics of Political and Social Decisions ReferencesIndex

Michael Anthony Lewis, PhD, MSSW, is a social worker and sociologist on the faculty of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He's also co-author of Economics for Social Workers, co-editor of The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, and co-founder of United States Basic Income Guarantee, an organization of academics and activists interested in promoting discussion of Universal BasicIncome.

What a wonderfully clear and informative book! I found myself learning about things I should have learned long ago but didn't, like what balance sheets are or the nitty-gritty of how the Electoral College works. Michael Lewis is a friendly, easy-going guide to all of these and so much more. He's the civics teacher (and math teacher, social science teacher, and economics teacher) we all wish we had." -Steven Strogatz, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University; Author, The Joy of x

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Arguments and Social IssuesChapter 2. The Math You Need to KnowChapter 3. Measurement and Social IssuesChapter 4. Demography and Social IssuesChapter 5. The Mathematics of Personal FinanceChapter 6. The Mathematics of BudgetsChapter 7. Probability and Social IssuesChapter 8. Statistics and Social IssuesChapter 9. The Mathematics of Political and Social Decisions ReferencesIndex

Michael Anthony Lewis, PhD, MSSW, is a social worker and sociologist on the faculty of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He's also co-author of Economics for Social Workers, co-editor of The Ethics and Economics of the Basic Income Guarantee, and co-founder of United States Basic Income Guarantee, an organization of academics and activists interested in promoting discussion of Universal BasicIncome.

What a wonderfully clear and informative book! I found myself learning about things I should have learned long ago but didn't, like what balance sheets are or the nitty-gritty of how the Electoral College works. Michael Lewis is a friendly, easy-going guide to all of these and so much more. He's the civics teacher (and math teacher, social science teacher, and economics teacher) we all wish we had." -Steven Strogatz, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University; Author, The Joy of x

• PrefaceAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Arguments and Social IssuesChapter 2. The Math You Need to KnowChapter 3. Measurement and Social IssuesChapter 4. Demography and Social IssuesChapter 5. The Mathematics of Personal FinanceChapter 6. The Mathematics of BudgetsChapter 7. Probability and Social IssuesChapter 8. Statistics and Social IssuesChapter 9. The Mathematics of Political and Social Decisions ReferencesIndex