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Economics is too important to be left to the economists. This book provides the information you need to understand how capitalism works (and how it doesn't).

Through clear bite-sized chapters interspersed with illuminating illustrations, this is an antidote to the abstract and ideological way that economics is normally taught and reported on in in media. Key concepts such as finance, competition and wages are explored, and their importance to everyday life is revealed. It answers questions such as 'Do workers need capitalists?', 'Why does capitalism harm the environment?', and 'What really happens on the stock market?'.

The book is supported with a comprehensive set of web-based course materials including videos for popular economics courses.
Acknowledgements

Introduction: Why Study Economics?

Part I: Preliminaries

1. The Economy and Economics

2. Capitalism

3. Economic History

4. The Politics of Economics

Part II: The Basics of Capitalism: Work, Tools and Profit

5. Work, Production and Value

6. Working with Tools

7. Companies, Owners and Profit

8. Working for a Living

9. Reproduction (for Economists!)

10. Closing the Little Circle

Part III: Capitalism as a System

11. Competition

12. Business Investment

13. Employment and Unemployment

14. Inequality and Its Consequences

15. Divide and Conquer

16. Capitalism and the Environment

Part IV: The Complexity of Capitalism

17. Money and Banking

18. Inflation, Central Banks and Monetary Policy

19. Paper Chase: Stock Markets, Financialization

and Pensions

20. The Conflicting Personalities of Government

21. Spending and Taxing

22. Globalization

23. Development (and Otherwise)

24. Closing the Big Circle

25. The Ups and Downs of Capitalism

26. Meltdown and Aftermath

Part V: Challenging Capitalism

27. Evaluating Capitalism

28. Improving Capitalism

29. Replacing Capitalism?

Conclusion: A Baker's Dozen: Key Things to Remember

Index

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Publié par	Pluto Press
Date de parution	20 juin 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783713271
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Economics for Everyone

A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism

Second edition