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Economics: 50 Essential Ideas

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Economics: 50 Essential Ideas offers an engaging introduction to the world of economics through 50 key concepts, brilliantly explained with vivid colour graphics and clear diagrams. This guide covers fundamental topics such as demand and supply, labour markets, inflation, full employment, game theory, and international trade. Featuring insights from renowned economists like Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman, it provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of how global economies operate.
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Explore the fascinating world of Economics through its 50 essential ideas, brought to life with vivid, full-colour graphics, illuminating diagrams, and engaging feature boxes in this highly visual hardback guide.

How do labour markets work? Is it better to aim for inflation or full employment? How can developing countries escape the poverty trap? In this accessible and entertaining guide, readers can explore the key questions and theories that top economists have sought to answer and gain valuable insights into the complex world of economics.

Ranging from demand and supply to globalisation and international trade to game theory, and featuring ideas from such esteemed economists as Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman, this essential guide will bring you up to speed on the core themes and theories of this great subject and help you understand how world economies function.

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    Explore the fascinating world of Economics through its 50 essential ideas, brought to life with vivid, full-colour graphics, illuminating diagrams, and engaging feature boxes in this highly visual hardback guide. How do labour markets work? Is it better to aim for inflation or full employment? How can developing countries escape the poverty trap? In this accessible and entertaining guide, readers...
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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398824829

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Arcturus

Illustration: Paperback with exposed greyboards glued to front and back covers

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 760g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Tejvan Pettinger is an Economics teacher who has authored several books on the subject, including Cracking Economics (2017) and Economics Without the Boring Bits (2021). He has contributed articles to the Economic Review, and also runs the popular website economicshelp.org.

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