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Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion
Contributor(s): Varoufakis, Yanis (Author)
ISBN: 0415178924     ISBN-13: 9780415178921
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $47.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 1998
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Annotation: This book covers all the essential economics concepts and addresses three main areas in detail: consumption and choice, production and markets, and governement and the state.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics - General
- Business & Economics | Reference - General
Dewey: 330
LCCN: 97040210
Lexile Measure: 1340
Series: Beginner's Companion
Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.13" W x 9.19" (1.54 lbs) 420 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to light delightful mind-teasers, philosophical questions and intriguing politics in mainstream economics, it promises to enliven an otherwise dry course whilst inspiring students to do well.
The book covers all the main economic concepts and addresses in detail three main areas:
* consumption and choice
* production and markets
* government and the State.
Each is discussed in terms of what the conventional textbook says, how these ideas developed in historical and philosophical terms and whether or not they make sense. Assumptions about economics as a discipline are challenged, and several pertinent students' anxieties ('Should I be studying economics?') are discussed