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Introduction to the world economy /
Well constructed and thoroughly competent""--The Economist ""It is refreshingly differentThe new-comer to economics who studies this book should find it an interesting and invigorating task""--Economic Journal This book introduces readers to some of the salient features...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Economics ;
57. International economics ; 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; 1 ECONOMIES AND THEIR OUTCOMES; What an economy is; On studying an economy; What economies provide; The difficulties of comparison; 2 THE ESSENTIALS OF AN ECONOMY; The vital processes, production, consumption, and investment; Wealth, factors of production, and growth; How is it organized?; 3 THE FLOWS OF MONEY; The circular flow; Money flow as a measure of income; Money payments and the money supply; 4 HIGH AND LOW PRODUCTIVITY; Farm incomes and decreasing returns.
- Manufacture and mechanismThe conditions of mechanization; Coolies, ships, and services; Why prices matter, too; 5 WHAT DETERMINES PRICES?; The free markets; Control schemes; Manufactured goods; The price of labour; The general level of prices; The terms of trade; 6 GOOD AND POOR LIVINGS; Productivity, prices, and incomes; The mutual influence of incomes; Inequality within the economy; 7 HOW ECONOMIES GROW; The products of the great powers; The growth of population; Technical progress and knowledge; Capital and income; The supply of savings; Capital from abroad; 8 THE BALANCE OF OCCUPATIONS.
- Farm population and productivityIncome and diet; Income and the non-agricultural occupations; 9 THE ROOTS OF SPECIALIZATION; Degrees of self-sufficiency; Large-scale production and local specialization; The distribution of resources; The use of resources; The distribution of population; The distribution of the conditions of progress; The effects of transport; A general view of localization; 10 THE PATTERN OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE; The growth of trade; The decline of international complementarity; Trade barriers; The changing composition of trade.
- Industrialization and the basis of the trade patternThe part of multilateral exchange; 11 THE HAZARDS OF ECONOMIC LIFE; Natural causes; Technology, taste, and competition; The mechanism of depression; Some case-studies in depression; Causes and interactions; The hazards of inflation; 12 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY; The end of laissez faire; The United Nations Organization and its agencies; Regional arrangements; The next tasks; INDEX.