Understanding capitalism : how economies work

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Title:

Understanding capitalism : how economies work

Author:

Kantor, Brian.

ISBN:

9780714529738

Personal Author:

Kantor, Brian.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Boyars/Bowerdean, 1995.

Physical Description:

iv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Briefings

Briefings (London, England)

Contents:

Preface -- 1. Trade-offs -- 2. Breaking out -- 3. Understanding competition -- 4. Different ways of seeing the economic world -- 5. An overview of economic policy -- 6. Sizing up the economy -- 7. Identifying economic potential or its absence -- 8. Savings and investment and the role of financial markets -- 9. Coping with inflation, managing risk -- 10. More on exchange rates and trade policies -- 11. Taking the pulse: diagnosing the business cycle -- 12. Money matters -- 13. Playing the economic game, taking evasive action and firing back.

Abstract:

"The book addresses three broad areas of economic reserach: the working of free markets; the role of financial institutions; and the making of economic policy. The hope is that by understanding what makes the various economic players behave as they do, we may be better able to anticipate what they are likely to do next. ..."--Back cover.

Subject Term:

Capitalism.

Economics.

Kapitalismus -- Wirtschaftswissenschaft.

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Brian Kantor believes that economics, far from being a 'dismal science', is the science of material opportunities. In this book he explains the forces and choices which promote and create the wealth of people and nations and introduces the reader to the principal activities of the participants in modern capitalist economies: suppliers and consumers, managers and workers, bankers, investors and governments. The book addresses three broad areas of economic research: the working of free markets; the role of financial institutions; and the making of economic policy.