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

Captialism: where do we come from? -- Three great economists -- A bird's-eye view of the economy -- The trend of things -- The GDP -- Saving and investing -- Passive consumption, active investment -- The economics of the public sector -- The debate about government -- What money is -- How mon...

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Main Author: Robert L Heilbroner
Other Authors: Lester C Thurow
Format: Printed Book
Published: A Touchstone Book /Simon & Schuster 1998
Edition:Newly rev. and updated
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Summary:Captialism: where do we come from? -- Three great economists -- A bird's-eye view of the economy -- The trend of things -- The GDP -- Saving and investing -- Passive consumption, active investment -- The economics of the public sector -- The debate about government -- What money is -- How money works -- How markets work -- Where markets fail -- The two worlds of business -- The specter of inflation -- The inequallity problem -- Globalization -- National policy in the globalized world -- The unfinished revolution.
Physical Description:240 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780684846415