The rough guide to economics
By: Andrew Mell & Oliver Walker
Contributors: Walker, Oliver, author
Series: Rough guides; Rough guides (Series)
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781409363972
Subjects: Economics; Popular works
Other titles: Rough guide to economics :; Economics
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: The basics.; title: What is economics? --; title: The economic mindset: homo economicus vs. behavioural economics --; title: Markets and competition- the invisible hand.; title: Demand --; title: Production and supply --; title: Markets, equilibrium, and the welfare theorems --; title: Market and government failure.; title: Externalities and public goods --; title: Monopoly --; title: Further topics in microeconomics.; title: Game theory and oligopoly --; title: Information and contracting --; title: The economics of finance --; title: Macroeconomics- "the economy".; title: Basics of national income accounting --; title: Economic growth --; title: The classical model --; title: The Great Depression and Keynes --; title: The Phillips curve, Friedman, and monetarism --; title: Open-economy macroeconomics --; title: Hot Topics.; title: Globalization and international trade --; title: Development economics --; title: The financial crisis of 2007-8.; title: The basics; title: Markets and competition: the invisible hand; title: Market and government failure; title: Further topics in microeconomics; title: Macroeconomics: "the economy"; title: Hot topics.