Economics for Everyone : A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism / Jim Stanford ; illustrations by Tony Biddle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanford, Jim, author.

Contributor:

Biddle, Tony, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Economic policy.

Economics.

Managerial economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2015.

Summary:

An introductory and critical guide to how the economy works, and what this means for us.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Why Study Economics?

Part One: Preliminaries

1. The Economy and Economics

2. Capitalism

3. Economic History

4. The Politics of Economics

Part Two: The Basics of Capitalism: Work, Tools and Profit

5. Work, Production and Value

6. Working with Tools

7. Companies, Owners and Profit

8. Working for a Living

9. Reproduction (for Economists!)

10. Closing the Little Circle

Part Three: Capitalism as a System

11. Competition

12. Business Investment

13. Employment and Unemployment

14. Inequality and its Consequences

15. Divide and Conquer

16. Capitalism and the Environment

Part Four: The Complexity of Capitalism

17. Money and Banking

18. Inflation, Central Banks, and Monetary Policy

19. Paper Chase: Stock Markets, Financialization and Pensions

20. The Conflicting Personalities of Government

21. Spending and Taxing

22. Globalization

23. Development (and Otherwise)

24. Closing the Big Circle

25. The Ups and Downs of Capitalism

26. Meltdown and Aftermath

Part Five: Challenging Capitalism

27. Evaluating Capitalism

28. Improving Capitalism

29. Replacing Capitalism?

Conclusion: A Baker's Dozen: Key Things to Remember

Index.

ISBN:

1783713267