- 290 pages
- English
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Understanding the World Economy
About this book
This fourth edition of Understanding the World Economy will continue to provide the reader with the clearest guide available to the global economic scene.
Since the last edition was published in 2006, enormous changes have taken place. The world economy has been in upheaval with the biggest financial crash and ensuing recession since the 1930s; with a global re-ordering of economic power relations; with widespread demonstrations by those left behind; with divergent views about where Europe is heading; with a growing scarcity of essential resources; with increasing international terrorism and with increasing concerns of environmental degradation and climate change. To embrace such urgent issues, this text is an almost entirely rewritten version of earlier editions.
Tony Cleaver takes a long look at the evolution of market systems and how they have liberated peoples on one side of the globe and yet driven others into debt, depression and despair. He analyses causes and consequences, and discusses (and sometimes dismisses) economic theories.
Topics covered include:
- Why crashes occur
- What causes some countries to grow and others to stagnate
- Whether the Euro can survive
- The economic underpinnings of terrorism
- The dangers of climate change
This book takes the student through the major characteristics of the global economy in jargon-free non-technical language. Chapter summary diagrams and a wealth of boxes and tables make this an essential introduction for undergraduates and A-level students, as well as the casual reader.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface to the fourth edition
- An introduction to knowledge, science and social science
- 1. Going to market
- 2. Market failure and the great debate
- 3. Unemployment and inflation
- 4. Free trade, regional agreements and job losses
- 5. The trade in primary resources – blessing or curse?
- 6. Customs unions and common markets
- 7. Money, banking and international finance
- 8. Exchange rates and currency union
- 9. Financial crises, sovereign debt and future reform
- 10. Economic development, growth and inequality
- 11. The economics of terrorism
- 12. Environmental economics: sustaining spaceship Earth
- 13. Conclusion: what future awaits us in the twenty-first century and beyond?
- Notes
- Index