
Everyday Economics
Honest Answers to Tough Questions
Lawrence H. Officer(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 17. July 2009
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-230-61711-7 (ISBN)
Description
Written in a Q&A format, this book covers all the questions you have about our global economy. Organized thematically these questions cover Financial Markets; Personal Finance (Your Money); Central Banks (The Fed); Employment and Compensation; Globalization and Markets; Economics Bubbles and Bursts (Cycles) and the governments role in model economics. The book will answer questions such as: Could national economies reach a right balance between government economic intervention and the market freedom? Why capitalism is better than communist economy? Why was deregulation of the financial industry so firmly sought by the US government? Was it this deregulation that caused the recent downturn in the US economy? The author, Lawrence Officer is an economic historian and will provide background perspective on today's modern economics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-61711-7 (9780230617117)
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Person
LAWRENCE OFFICER is Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Dr. Lawrence received his PhD from Harvard University. He has taught at Harvard, University of Chicago, Michigan State University and University of Illinois. Recently, Dr. Officer has appeared on Lou Dobbs, Cspan and has written op-ed pieces regarding the financial crisis for Time and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Content
Preface Introduction (Economics is for You) Meaning of Economics (Science and Common Sense) Employment and Compensation (Labour Markets and You) Personal Finance (Your Money) Personal Spending (Your Purchases) Financial Markets (Booms and Busts) Cycles and Growth (Bubbles and Bursts) Central Banks and Money (The Fed) Government and the Economy (Misplaced Trust?) Economic Systems (Capitalism and Communism) Globalization (Global Economy and You) List of Questions