The complete idiot's guide to economics
By: by Tom Gorman
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Alpha
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781592579815
Subjects: Economics
Other titles: Complete idiot's guide; Economics
Description: Presents a guide to economics that covers such topics as leading economic indicators, fiscal and monetary policy, supply and demand, consumer behavior, the federal budget, business cycles, and the banking system.
Notes: "Understand the forces behind the ups and downs of our economy" --Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-392) and index.
Table of contents: title: Economics explains it all; title: Who gets what, and how?; title: GDP and the players three; title: The economist's toolbox; title: Supply, demand, and the invisible hand; title: Look at these prices!; title: Capitalism at work; title: Buyer be where?; title: Income, outgo, and investment; title: The business of business; title: Wages, workers, and the workplace; title: To have and have not; title: The government and the economy; title: The ups and downs of the business cycle; title: Hey, big spender! The federal budget; title: Fiscal policy and economic growth; title: Money, the banking system, and policy; title: The color- and velocity- of money; title: The banks' bank: the Federal Reserve; title: Monetary policy: the gas and the brakes; title: The global economy; title: International trade: exports, imports, etc.; title: International finance; title: The global economy; title: Situational economics; title: U.S. health care: on life support?; title: The economics of sustainable growth; title: Learning to "read" the economy; title: Everyday economics.