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Economics explained : everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going Cover Image Book Book

Economics explained : everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going

Heilbroner, Robert L. (Author). Thurow, Lester C. (Added Author).

Summary:

Introduces basic concept of economics and examines 1990s trends in the American economy including inequality in incomes, globalized capitalism, and the specter of inflation.

Contents:

Captialism: where do we come from?
Three great economists
A bird's-eye view of the economy
The trend of things
The GDP
Saving and investing
Passive consumption, active investment
The economics of the public sector
The debate about government
What money is
How money works
How markets work
Where markets fail
The two worlds of business
The specter of inflation
The inequallity problem
Globalization
National policy in the globalized world
The unfinished revolution.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0684846411
  • ISBN: 9780684846415
  • ISBN: 9781439500231
  • ISBN: 1439500231
  • Physical Description: print
    240 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: Newly rev. and updated.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1998.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"A Touchstone book."
Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. 1982.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Captialism: where do we come from?
Three great economists
A bird's-eye view of the economy
The trend of things
The GDP
Saving and investing
Passive consumption, active investment
The economics of the public sector
The debate about government
What money is
How money works
How markets work
Where markets fail
The two worlds of business
The specter of inflation
The inequallity problem
Globalization
National policy in the globalized world
The unfinished revolution.

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Subject: Economics
Economische situatie
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United States Economic conditions 1945-

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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Fayette County Public Library 		330 HEILBRONER ROBERT ( Send Text)
 31022005900029 ADULT Available
Flint River Regional Library System:
      Fayette County Public Library 		330 HEILBRONER ROBERT ( Send Text)
 31022010196027 ADULT Available
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      Washington Memorial Library 		330 HEILBRONER ROBE ( Send Text)
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