This book stays true to its title, and subtitle: There may be simple, yet, critical conversations absent from our ‘normal society’. If we can ask them, and ‘dig in’, we can enable and enhance our ability to solve the problems common to us all. Jordan Macarus walks us into these essential conversations in a quick, challenging, yet comfortable and rational, non-partisan fashion. This may be the perfect time to engage this type of thinking; especially if we want to land in a better place when the Covid-19 ‘pandemic minimization period’ comes to an end. ‘We can’t change overnight, but change we can.’ Early on he asks the questions: “Just what the heck is Economics? And, What can it be?” There are some good potential solutions and some detailed ideas for sure; but more a way to get into our cooperative problem solving capability as individuals and on larger scales. Rather than just preach, he facilitates, having learned that “very few of us like to be told what to do”. - An engaging, quick read; yet in depth enough to be a foundational textbook, or a Framework for Human Problem Solving in the 21st Century.“We don’t have to know everything about anything. We just have to know enough to make good decisions together..." I recommend reading it cover to cover. – And see what you can bring to the conversation...