Título original 30-Second Economics Textos de glosarios y perfiles Nic Compton Ilustraciones Ivan Hissey Diseño Ginny Zeal, Linda Becker Traducción Enrique Herrando Pérez Revisión de la edición en lengua española Alejandro Peña Ströhlein Especialista en economía
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