Economics explained : everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going
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Economics explained : everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going
(A Touchstone book)
Simon & Schuster, c1998
Newly rev. and updated
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Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1982
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Containing about 30 percent new material, this edition of ECONOMICS EXPLAINED offers readers not only an invaluable primer on economic theory, but a clear understanding of the causes and treatments of the problems confronting us today, as well as the possible risks and the potential rewards we face in the future. Previous Edition ISBN: 0671884220
Table of Contents
Introduction
I The Economic Background
One Capitalism: Where Do We Come From?
Two Three Great Economists
Three A Bird's-Eye View of the Economy
Four The Trend of Things
II Macroeconomics -- The Analysis of Prosperity and Recession
Five The GDP
Six Saving and Investing
Seven Passive Consumption, Active Investment
Eight The Economics of the Public Sector
Nine The Debate About Government
Ten What Money Is
Eleven How Money Works
III Microeconomics -- The Anatomy of the Market System
Twelve How Markets Work
Thirteen Where Markets Fail
Fourteen The Two Worlds of Business
IV Problems
Fifteen The Specter of Inflation
Sixteen The Inequality Problem
Seventeen Globalization
Eighteen National Policy in a Globalized World
Nineteen The Unfinished Revolution
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"