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Economics : the basics / Tony Cleaver.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleaver, Tony, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Summary:
- 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. 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.
- Contents:
- Wealth and poverty
- Prices, markets and coffee
- The business of supply
- Inflation and unemployment : boom and bust
- Money, banks, bubbles and crises
- National income, world trade and multinational enterprise
- Can we reduce poverty and protect the environment?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415314119
- 0415314127
- OCLC:
- 54454625
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