Economics: 50 Essential Ideas
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Economics: 50 Essential Ideas

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Economics: 50 Essential Ideas

About this book

How do labour markets work? Is it better to aim for inflation or full employment? How can developing countries escape the poverty trap? Economics explores how we produce, consume and distribute resources and the incentives, financial or otherwise, that motivate our behaviour. As our approach to money and markets has changed over the centuries, great thinkers have sort to explain their workings. In this beautifully illustrated book, the author introduces you to the fascinating world of economics and its greatest practitioners.Ranging from demand and supply to globalization and international trade to game theory and featuring ideas from such esteemed economists as Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman, this essential guide will bring you up to speed on the core themes and theories of this great subject. ABOUT THE SERIES: The 50 Essential Ideas series brings together entertaining, highly visual guides to different disciplines, from philosophy to physics. It explores the subject's 50 greatest ideas, giving readers an accessible overview of its defining theories and breakthroughs.

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Information

Publisher
Arcturus
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781398824829
eBook ISBN
9781398831544

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Money
  6. 2 Economic Growth
  7. 3 Limits to Economic Growth
  8. 4 Supply and Demand
  9. 5 Opportunity Cost
  10. 6 Division of Labour
  11. 7 Marginal Revolution
  12. 8 Diminishing Returns
  13. 9 The Free Market
  14. 10 Monopoly
  15. 11 Game Theory
  16. 12 Pricing Strategies
  17. 13 Elasticity
  18. 14 Supply-side Policies
  19. 15 Incentives
  20. 16 Price Controls
  21. 17 Inflation
  22. 18 Deflation
  23. 19 Stagflation
  24. 20 Recessions
  25. 21 Unemployment
  26. 22 Boom and Bust
  27. 23 Government Borrowing
  28. 24 Public Goods
  29. 25 Privatization
  30. 26 Bond Markets
  31. 27 Exchange Rates
  32. 28 Balance of Payments
  33. 29 Monetary Policy
  34. 30 Liquidity Trap
  35. 31 Multiplier Effect
  36. 32 Comparative Advantage
  37. 33 Globalization
  38. 34 Tariffs and Free Trade
  39. 35 The Euro
  40. 36 Foreign Aid
  41. 37 Inequality
  42. 38 Minimum Wages
  43. 39 Behavioural Economics
  44. 40 Moral Hazard
  45. 41 Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
  46. 42 Happiness and Economics
  47. 43 Externalities
  48. 44 Carbon Pricing
  49. 45 Oil and Alternative Energy
  50. 46 Sunk Cost Fallacy
  51. 47 Luddite Fallacy
  52. 48 Creative Destruction
  53. 49 Impact of Immigration
  54. 50 Housing Market
  55. Picture Credits
  56. Copyright