The instant economist : everything you need to know about how the economy works /
Regardless of their level of education, most people wish they understood economics better. An award-winning professor translates the subject's complicated principles into easy-to-understand language, tackling all the key questions and hot topics of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
| Основен автор: | Taylor, Timothy, 1960- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Plume,
c2012.
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Съдържание:
- How economists think
- Division of labor
- Supply and demand
- Price floors and ceilings
- Elasticity
- The labor market and wages
- Financial markets and rates of return
- Personal investing
- From perfect competition to monopoly
- Antitrust and competition policy
- Regulation and deregulation
- Negative externalities and the environment
- Positive externalities and technology
- Public goods
- Poverty and welfare programs
- Inequality
- Imperfect information and insurance
- Corporate and political governance
- Macroeconomics and gross domestic product
- Economic growth
- Unemployment
- Inflation
- The balance of trade
- Aggregate supply and aggregate demand
- The unemployment-inflation trade-off
- Fiscal policy and budget deficits
- Countercyclical fiscal policy
- Budget deficits and national saving
- Money and banking
- The Federal Reserve and its powers
- The conduct of monetary policy
- The gains of international trade
- The debates over protectionism
- Exchange rates
- International financial crashes
- A global economic perspective.