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Understanding economics / Vicky Allsopp.

By: Allsopp, Vicky, 1946-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995. Description: xv, 465 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 0415091322; 0415091330; 9780415091329Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 LOC classification: HB171 | .A467 1995Online resources: Publisher description | WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC 1. Introduction -- 2. Scarcity, Choice and Time -- 3. Specialization, Exchange and Uncertainty -- 4. Law, Custom and Money -- 5. Markets, Prices and Allocation -- 6. Government, Pricing and Non-Market Allocation -- 7. The Household -- 8. The Business Firm I -- 9. The Business Firm II -- 10. Non-Profit 'Firms' -- 11. Investment -- 12. Risk and Uncertainty -- 13. Investment in Non-Profits -- 14. Investment in People.
Summary: Summary: Economic issues exert a considerable pressure on everyday life. Yet, economic theory is often communicated as removed and difficult with little relation to real-life situations. Understanding Economics shows that this is not the case. In so doing, the book presents an accessible and alternative introduction to economics. The book is designed to illustrate the usefulness, versatility and relevance of economics. The author conveys how economics is concerned with a broad range of diverse matters, from economic systems as a whole, to particular issues, such as family planning, the stock market, pricing of shares or the non-market allocation of education and blood. The work provides an alternative view of traditional issues as well as an analysis of areas not normally covered. Understanding Economics is reader-friendly in both style and content and requires no prior knowledge of economics and minimal mathematics.
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Text Text Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU
Reserve Section 		Non-fiction 330 ALU 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan 8654
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [440]-446) and index.

TOC 1. Introduction --
2. Scarcity, Choice and Time --
3. Specialization, Exchange and Uncertainty --
4. Law, Custom and Money --
5. Markets, Prices and Allocation --
6. Government, Pricing and Non-Market Allocation --
7. The Household --
8. The Business Firm I --
9. The Business Firm II --
10. Non-Profit 'Firms' --
11. Investment --
12. Risk and Uncertainty --
13. Investment in Non-Profits --
14. Investment in People.

Summary:
Economic issues exert a considerable pressure on everyday life. Yet, economic theory is often communicated as removed and difficult with little relation to real-life situations. Understanding Economics shows that this is not the case. In so doing, the book presents an accessible and alternative introduction to economics. The book is designed to illustrate the usefulness, versatility and relevance of economics. The author conveys how economics is concerned with a broad range of diverse matters, from economic systems as a whole, to particular issues, such as family planning, the stock market, pricing of shares or the non-market allocation of education and blood. The work provides an alternative view of traditional issues as well as an analysis of areas not normally covered. Understanding Economics is reader-friendly in both style and content and requires no prior knowledge of economics and minimal mathematics.

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