The rough guide to economics /
Rough guide to economics : from first principles to the financial crisis Economics
Andrew Mell & Oliver Walker.
- vi, 362 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
The basics. What is economics? -- The economic mindset: homo economicus vs. behavioural economics -- Markets and competition- the invisible hand. Demand -- Production and supply -- Markets, equilibrium, and the welfare theorems -- Market and government failure. Externalities and public goods -- Monopoly -- Further topics in microeconomics. Game theory and oligopoly -- Information and contracting -- The economics of finance -- Macroeconomics- "the economy". Basics of national income accounting -- Economic growth -- The classical model -- The Great Depression and Keynes -- The Phillips curve, Friedman, and monetarism -- Open-economy macroeconomics -- Hot Topics. Globalization and international trade -- Development economics -- The financial crisis of 2007-8. The basics -- Markets and competition: the invisible hand -- Market and government failure -- Further topics in microeconomics -- Macroeconomics: "the economy" -- Hot topics.
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.