Reading and Understanding Economics enables you to get to grips with all the issues in today's economy discussed at length everywhere you look in the media leaving you armed with a new vocabulary of key economic terms ready to conduct your own analysis next time you read a newspaper or listen to the
Reading and Understanding Economics
✍ Scribed by Kevin Boakes
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 273
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Reading and Understanding Economics enables you to get to grips with all the issues in today's economy discussed at length everywhere you look in the media leaving you armed with a new vocabulary of key economic terms ready to conduct your own analysis next time you read a newspaper or listen to the news for business or pleasure
✦ Table of Contents
Cover
......Page 1
Reading and Understanding Economics......Page 4
ISBN: 9780273722540......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
About the author......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
A message to the readers......Page 14
A message to the teachers......Page 16
Kevin’s blog......Page 17
The podcasts......Page 19
Acknowledgements......Page 20
Publisher’s Acknowledgements......Page 21
Part A Microeconomics......Page 22
The factors of production......Page 24
The economic choices and their impact......Page 25
Microand macroeconomics......Page 26
Financial markets and institutions......Page 27
The analysis......Page 30
Key terms......Page 31
The Web......Page 32
Research......Page 33
Topic 2 The economics of demand and supply......Page 34
The analysis......Page 38
Key terms......Page 39
What do you think?......Page 40
Research......Page 41
The analysis......Page 44
Key terms......Page 45
Research......Page 47
Key terms......Page 48
The analysis......Page 56
What do you think?......Page 57
Research......Page 58
Topic 4 Competition policy in action......Page 60
The analysis......Page 63
Key terms......Page 65
Research......Page 66
Analysis......Page 69
Key terms......Page 73
Data exercise......Page 75
Research......Page 76
Topic 5 Market failure and government intervention......Page 78
Analysis......Page 82
Key terms......Page 83
Research......Page 84
The analysis......Page 86
Key terms......Page 88
Research......Page 89
Topic 6 The role of government in the economy (privatisation)......Page 90
The analysis......Page 96
Key terms......Page 98
What do you think?......Page 99
Research......Page 100
Topic 7 Business organisations (from large to small companies)......Page 102
The analysis......Page 106
Key terms......Page 108
Data exercise......Page 109
Research......Page 110
The analysis......Page 114
Key terms......Page 115
Research......Page 116
Topic 8 The economics of the labour market......Page 118
The analysis......Page 122
Key terms......Page 124
Research......Page 126
Part B Macroeconomics......Page 128
Topic 9 Macroeconomic policy: unemployment, inflation and growth......Page 130
The analysis......Page 133
Key terms......Page 135
Data exercise......Page 137
Research......Page 138
The analysis......Page 140
Key terms......Page 142
The Web......Page 145
Research......Page 146
The analysis......Page 148
Key terms......Page 150
Research......Page 152
Topic 10 Money and interest rates......Page 154
The analysis......Page 157
Key terms......Page 160
What do you think?......Page 161
Data exercise......Page 163
Research......Page 164
Topic 11 Fiscal policy......Page 166
Key terms......Page 169
Data exercise......Page 170
Research......Page 171
Topic 12 International Economics – balance of payments and exchange rates......Page 172
The analysis......Page 176
Key terms......Page 179
The Web......Page 181
Research......Page 182
The analysis......Page 184
Key terms......Page 186
Data exercise......Page 187
Research......Page 188
Topic 13 The international business environment......Page 190
The analysis......Page 193
Key terms......Page 194
Research......Page 195
Part C Financial markets and institutions......Page 198
Topic 14 Financial markets......Page 200
Insurance companies became forced sellers of equities . . .......Page 204
clear external catalyst for the......Page 205
Key terms......Page 206
Data exercise......Page 208
Research......Page 209
The analysis......Page 211
Key terms......Page 213
Research......Page 214
Topic 15 Financial institutions, featuring the demise of Bear Stearns......Page 216
The analysis......Page 219
from sub-prime to the credit crisis?......Page 221
And finally to the financial collapse of some banks......Page 222
The analysis......Page 224
Key terms......Page 225
The Web......Page 228
Research......Page 229
The analysis......Page 231
Key terms......Page 233
The Web......Page 235
Research......Page 236
Glossary......Page 238
Index......Page 264
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