Economics: Making Sense of the Modern EconomyAn updated edition of the authoritative resource on the realities of the modern economy People have always had an interest in how the economy works, and that interest has only been magnified as a result of the Great Recession. Economics, Third Edition: Making Sense of the Modern Economy takes complex concepts and makes them easy to understand, presenting the concepts in the context of today's economic environment.
Free of jargon and with few charts or tables to sort through and pore over, Economics, Third Edition helps everyone from students to statesmen quickly and easily grasp how the economy really works in the real world, and how it affects our daily lives. |
Contents
How economies grow | |
Macroeconomic management fiscal | |
Microeconomics the economics | |
The global economy | |
The globalslump When fortune frowned | |
Crisistime economics | |
Recoveryrepair and rebalancing | |
Flaws and remedies the future | |
An evolving field | |
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