ISBN 13 : 9780470973257

Contents : Table of Contents
Introduction

Part I Economics: the Science of How People Deal with Scarcity

Chapter 1 Discovering What Economics is and Why You Should Care
Chapter 2 Cookies or Ice Cream? Exploring Consumer Choices
Chapter 3 Producing the Right Stuff the Right Way to Maximize Human Happiness

Part II Microeconomics: the Theories of Consumer and Firm Behavior

Chapter 4 Supply and Demand Made Easy
Chapter 5 Getting to Know Homo Economicus, the Utility-Maximizing Consumer
Chapter 6 The Core of Capitalism: the Profit-Maximizing Firm
Chapter 7 Why Economists Love Free Markets and Competition
Chapter 8 Monopolies: How Badly Would You Behave If You Had No Competition?
Chapter 9 Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition: Middle Grounds

Part III Applying the Theories of Microeconomics

Chapter 10 Property Rights and Wrongs
Chapter 11 Market Failure: Asymmetric Information and Public Goods
Chapter 12 Taking the Pulse of Health Economics and Finance

Part IV Macroeconomics: the Science of Economic Growth and Stability

Chapter 13 Measuring the Macroeconomy: How Economists Keep Track of Everything
Chapter 14 Inflation Frustration: Why More Money Isn't Always a Good Thing
Chapter 15 Understanding Why Recessions Happen
Chapter 16 Fighting Recessions with Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 17 Grasping the Origins and Aftermath of Financial Crises

Part V The Part of Tens

Chapter 18 Ten Seductive Economic Fallacies
Chapter 19 Ten Economic Ideas to Hold Dear
Chapter 20 Ten Great Ways to Become Informed about Economic Issues

Appendix: Glossary
Index

Language : English

Print : 2ème

Place of publishing : CAMBRIDGE ; TORONTO

Location : Nice Library

Material : Paper

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque