Economics: The Basics

Overview

Economics: The Basics provides a fascinating introduction to the key issues in contemporary economics. With case-studies ranging from the coffee plantations of El Salvador to the international oil industry and the economic slowdown in Japan, it addresses fundamental questions such as:

*Must increasing wealth for some mean increasing poverty for others?
*Does producing more food for humankind mean we drive other species to extinction?
*Is it true that, if we buy less coffee, farm incomes from Brazil to Kenya take a beating?
*Is granting people property rights the best way to preserve fish and wildlife stocks?
*Do we really have to choose between low unemployment and low inflation?

Comprehensive and easy to read, this accessible guidebook is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how economics works and why it is important.

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Bio of Tony Cleaver

Tony Cleaver is Vice Master at Grey College and lectures in the Department of Economics at the University of Durham.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Taylor & Francis

Filesize

1.68 MB

Number of Pages

224

eBook ISBN

9780203496022