Understanding economics / Vicky Allsopp.

By: Allsopp, Vicky, 1946-Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995. Description: xv, 465 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 0415091322; 0415091330; 9780415091329Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 LOC classification: HB171 | .A467 1995Online resources: Publisher description | WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC 1. Introduction -- 2. Scarcity, Choice and Time -- 3. Specialization, Exchange and Uncertainty -- 4. Law, Custom and Money -- 5. Markets, Prices and Allocation -- 6. Government, Pricing and Non-Market Allocation -- 7. The Household -- 8. The Business Firm I -- 9. The Business Firm II -- 10. Non-Profit 'Firms' -- 11. Investment -- 12. Risk and Uncertainty -- 13. Investment in Non-Profits -- 14. Investment in People.

Summary: Summary: Economic issues exert a considerable pressure on everyday life. Yet, economic theory is often communicated as removed and difficult with little relation to real-life situations. Understanding Economics shows that this is not the case. In so doing, the book presents an accessible and alternative introduction to economics. The book is designed to illustrate the usefulness, versatility and relevance of economics. The author conveys how economics is concerned with a broad range of diverse matters, from economic systems as a whole, to particular issues, such as family planning, the stock market, pricing of shares or the non-market allocation of education and blood. The work provides an alternative view of traditional issues as well as an analysis of areas not normally covered. Understanding Economics is reader-friendly in both style and content and requires no prior knowledge of economics and minimal mathematics.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 5 )
Comments ( 0 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	330 ALU 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		8654

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [440]-446) and index.

TOC 1. Introduction --
2. Scarcity, Choice and Time --
3. Specialization, Exchange and Uncertainty --
4. Law, Custom and Money --
5. Markets, Prices and Allocation --
6. Government, Pricing and Non-Market Allocation --
7. The Household --
8. The Business Firm I --
9. The Business Firm II --
10. Non-Profit 'Firms' --
11. Investment --
12. Risk and Uncertainty --
13. Investment in Non-Profits --
14. Investment in People.

Summary:
Economic issues exert a considerable pressure on everyday life. Yet, economic theory is often communicated as removed and difficult with little relation to real-life situations. Understanding Economics shows that this is not the case. In so doing, the book presents an accessible and alternative introduction to economics. The book is designed to illustrate the usefulness, versatility and relevance of economics. The author conveys how economics is concerned with a broad range of diverse matters, from economic systems as a whole, to particular issues, such as family planning, the stock market, pricing of shares or the non-market allocation of education and blood. The work provides an alternative view of traditional issues as well as an analysis of areas not normally covered. Understanding Economics is reader-friendly in both style and content and requires no prior knowledge of economics and minimal mathematics.

Economics

Tahur Ahmed

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.