The rough guide to economics
Book - 2014
An introduction to economics, from its foundations up to the financial crisis of 2007-08 and its resulting global problems. You'll discover the relationships between economics and globalization, climate change, poverty-- and even smoking and nuclear war.
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- Published
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London :
Rough Guides Ltd
2014.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- vi, 362 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-350) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781409363972
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1. The basics
- 1. What is economics?
- 2. The economic mindset: homo economicus vs. behavioural economics
- Part 2. Markets and competition-the invisible hand
- 3. Demand
- 4. Production and supply
- 5. Markets, equilibrium, and the welfare theorems
- Part 3. Market and government failure
- 6. Externalities and public goods
- 7. Monopoly
- Part 4. Further topics in microeconomics
- 8. Game theory and oligopoly
- 9. Information and contracting
- 10. The economics of finance
- Part 5. Macroeconomics-"the economy"
- 11. Basics of national income accounting
- 12. Economic growth
- 13. The classical model
- 14. The Great Depression and Keynes
- 15. The Phillips curve, Friedman, and monetarism
- 16. Open-economy macroeconomics
- Part 6. Hot topics
- 17. Globalization and international trade
- 18. Development economics
- 19. The financial crisis of 2007-8
- Part 7. Resources
- Books
- Websites
- Index
- Picture credits
