Economics explained everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going /
Thoroughly revised and statistically updated, Economics Explained is an engaging primer that combines the wealth of information of a textbook with a readability rarely found in textbooks - in one interesting and informative volume. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Robert Heilbro...
| Main Author: | Heilbroner, Robert L. |
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| Other Authors: | Thurow, Lester C. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
{uFFFD}1994.
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| Physical Description: |
285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Edition: | Rev. and updated. |
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| Summary: |
Thoroughly revised and statistically updated, Economics Explained is an engaging primer that combines the wealth of information of a textbook with a readability rarely found in textbooks - in one interesting and informative volume. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow - two of America's most respected and articulate economists - illuminate the vital concerns, trends, and challenges of the marketplace: the threat of inflation, the unleashing of technology, the illusion of money, the thrust of big business, the cost of monopoly. Here is all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society. |
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| Item Description: |
"A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references and index. I. The Economic Background. 1. Capitalism: Where Do We Come From? 2. Three Great Economists. 3. A Bird's-Eye View of the Economy. 4. The Trend of Things -- II. Macroeconomics -- The Analysis of Prosperity and Recession. 5. The GNP. 6. Saving and Investing. 7. Passive Consumption, Active Investment. 8. The Economics of the Public Sector. 9. The Debate About Government. 10. What Money Is. 11. How Money Works. 12. Inflation. 13. Falling Behind: The Productivity Problem -- III. Microeconomics -- The Anatomy of the Market System. 14. How Markets Work. 15. Where Markets Fail. 16. A Look at Big Business. 17. Rich and Poor -- IV. The Rest of the World. 18. Pricing the Dollar. 19. The Multinational Corporation. 20. Where Are We Headed? -- Appendix: How the Banking System Works. Thoroughly revised and statistically updated, Economics Explained is an engaging primer that combines the wealth of information of a textbook with a readability rarely found in textbooks - in one interesting and informative volume. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow - two of America's most respected and articulate economists - illuminate the vital concerns, trends, and challenges of the marketplace: the threat of inflation, the unleashing of technology, the illusion of money, the thrust of big business, the cost of monopoly. Here is all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society. |
| Physical Description: |
285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0671884220 9780671884222 |