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Title:
The economy
Author:
CORE team, author.
ISBN:
9780198810247

9781527212091
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Physical Description:
xxiii, 1126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
General Note:
"Coreecon"--Cover.

"CORE Economics Education"--Title page verso.

"The Economy was produced by a group of authors—the CORE team—together with teaching and learning experts, researchers, reviewers, instructors, students in the pilot universities, and editors, designers, and web developers."--Page xxi.
Contents:
The capitalist revolution -- Technology, population, and growth -- Scarcity, work, and choice -- Social interactions -- Property and power: mutual gains and conflict -- The firm: owners, managers, and employees -- The firm and its customers -- Supply and demand: price-taking and competitive markets -- The labour market: wages, profits, and unemployment -- Banks, money, and the credit market -- Rent-seeking, price-setting, and market dynamics -- Markets, efficiency, and public policy -- Economic fluctuations and unemployment -- Unemployment and fiscal policy -- Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy -- Technological progress, employment, and living standards in the long run -- Capstone: the great depression, golden age, and global financial crisis -- Capstone: the nation and the world economy -- Capstone: economic inequality -- Capstone: economics of the environment -- Capstone: innovation, information, and the networked economy -- Capstone: economics, politics, and public policy.
Abstract:
This introductory economics text equips students to address today's pressing problems by mastering the conceptual and quantitative tools of contemporary economics.
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