Understanding the World Economy

ISBN-13: 9780415681308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 290 str.

Tony Cleaver

Opis

Tony Cleaver takes the student through the major characteristics of the global economy in jargon-free non-technical language. Chapter summary diagrams and a wealth of boxes and tables make this an essential introduction for those just beginning the subject as well as the casual reader.

Spis treści

1. Going to Market  2. Market Failure and the Great Debate  3. Unemployment and Inflation  4. Free Trade, Regional Agreements and Job Losses  5. The Trade in Primary Resources – Blessing or curse?  6. Customs Unions and Common Markets  7. Money, Banking and International Finance  8. Exchange Rates and Currency Union  9. Financial Crises, Sovereign Debt and Future Reform  10. Economic Development, Growth and Inequality  11. The Economics of Terrorism  12. Environmental Economics: Sustaining spaceship Earth  13. Conclusion: What future awaits us in the twenty-first century and beyond?

O autorze

Tony Cleaver is Visiting Lecturer at the Universidad de los Andes and at Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the author of Economics: The Basics, also published by Routledge.