Economics Explained Everything You Need to Know about How the Economy Works and Where It's Going

Name: Economics Explained Everything You Need to Know about How the Economy Works and Where It's Going
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ISBN: 9780684846415

ISBN-10: 0684846411

ISBN-13: 9780684846415

Edition: 4th 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester Thurow

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In its fourth edition,Economics Explainedcontinues its announced purpose -- to explain that mysterious thing called economics. But there is a new urgency to the book. It is announced in the first sentence of the introduction: "Just in case the reader-to-be hasn't noticed, disturbing things are going on in the American economy these days." This new edition is about these disturbing things: a trend toward inequality of incomes, the appearance of a new "globalized" capitalism, the "specter" of inflation. As before, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow treat these problems in language that seeks to make clear their causes and treatments. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference,…

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List price: $15.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 5/5/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction



The Economic Background



Capitalism Where Do We Come From?



Three Great Economists



A Bird's-Eye View Of The Economy



The Trend of Things



Macroeconomics --The Analysis Of Prosperity And Recession



The Gnp



Saving And Investing



Passive Consumption Active Investment



The Economics Of The Public Sector



The Debate About Government



What Money Is



How Money Works



The Inflation Problem: I



The Inflation Problem: II



Fall Behind The Productivity Problem



Microeconomics --The Anatomy Of The Market System



How Markets Work



Where Markets Fail



A Look at Big Business



The Distribution Of Income



The Rest Of The World



Defending The Dollar



The Multinational Corporation



Where Are We Headed?


Appendix: How the Banking System Works


Index