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Reasonably simple economics : why the world works the way it does /

The goal of Reasonably Simple Economics is, not surprisingly, simple: to help us think like economists. When we do, so much of the world that seemed mysterious or baffling becomes more clear and understandable-improving our lives and providing new tools to succeed in business and career. In a chatty...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osborne, Evan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Berkely, Calif.] : Apress ; ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the value of economics in daily life
  • Supply and demand, considered seperately : why red-eye flights are always full now and other puzzles explained
  • Supply ad demand, considered together : why gasoline is $4 a gallon-or isn't
  • The economics of information or knowledge : we all want to know what you know
  • Public and private decision making : why sugar beet farmers get government subsidies but apple farmers don't
  • Who makes how much, and why : why finance professors and female supermodels make more money
  • The middleman and the entreprenuer : the economy's matchmakers and little revolutionaries
  • Time and risk : some economies of now and later
  • The entreprenuer and some economies of the futrue : our ever-bright days, and how they happen
  • The things only government can do : the economics of "market failure"
  • Macroeconomics : the big, often blurry picture
  • Macroeconomics : stabilizing the economy, or not
  • Macroeconomics : the short and the long runs.