Economics : a student's guide / John Beardshaw ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Beardshaw, John
| Brewster, David.
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BookPublisher: New York : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001Edition: 5th ed.Description: xvii, 740 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0273651404.Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Completely updated and restructured to reflect the new AS/A Level Economics specifications, this highly acclaimed and well respected text book is written in a student friendly manner.
Rev. ed. of: Economics / John Beardshaw. 1984; updated by David Brewster, Paul Cormack, and Andrew Ross.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I: The market system -- Section II: Market failure and government intervention -- Section III: Markets in operation -- Section IV: The national economy -- Section V: Business economics -- Section VI: Labour markets and the distribution of income -- Section VII: Macroeconomic analysis -- Section VIII: Managing the economy: issues and policies -- Section IX: The EU and wider perspectives.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Section I The Market System
- 1 Introduction: what is economics all about?
- 2 Mathematical and statistical techniques
- 3 The economic problem: resources,scarcity and choice
- 4 The allocation of resources in competitive markets
- 5 Elasticity of demand and supply
- 6 Markets in movement
- 7 The business organisation, costs and profits
- 8 Market structures
- Section II Market Failure and Government Intervention
- 9 The mixed economy: market failure vs government failure
- 10 Government intervention in the market
- Section III Markets in Operation
- 11 The market in practice: agriculture, housing and labour
- 12 The leisure industry
- 13 The economics of the environment
- 14 Transport and the economy
- Section IV The National Economy
- 15 What is the macroeconomy?
- 16 Measuring the macroeconomy
- 17 Analysing the macroeconomy
- 18 Managing the macroeconomy: problems and policies
- Section V Business Economics
- 19 The size and growth of firms
- 20 Costs in the short run and the long run
- 21 Competitive supply
- 22 Price and output under imperfect competition
- 23 Aspects of monopoly
- 24 Public ownership, privatisation, regulation and deregulation
- Section VI Labour Markets and the Distribution of Income
- 25 Pricing of productive factors
- 26 Labour and wages
- 27 An introduction to welfare economics
- 28 Inequality and public policy
- Section VII Macroeconomic Analysis
- 29 Keynesian macroeconomics
- 30 Changes in aggregate demand: consumption, savings and investment
- 31 The Keynesian aggregate model
- 32 The multiplier
- 33 Aggregate demand and supply analysis
- Section VIII Managing the Economy: Issues and Policies
- 34 Growth and stability
- 35 Money and prices
- 36 Fiscal and monetary policies
- 37 Monetary analysis and income analysis
- 38 The control of inflation
- 39 Unemployment and government policy
- 40 Advanced policy applications
- 41 The gains from international trade
- 42 The balance of payments and exchange rates
- 43 Conflicts between objectives
- Section IX The Eu and Wider Perspectives
- 44 International institutions
- 45 The European Union
- 46 The developing economies
- 47 Schools of thought and future issues
- Index