ABSTRACT

An A-Z of contemporary economics in all its forms, Economics: the Key Concepts is an affordable, accessible reference for students, lecturers and economists at every level. The key topics explored include:

  • competition and monopoly
  • development economics
  • game theory
  • property rights
  • taxation.

Fully cross-referenced with extensive guides to further reading, this is the essential comprehensive pocket reference to the ideas, issues and practice of economics in the twenty-first century.

part |2 pages

ECONOMICS The Key Concepts

chapter |4 pages

ACCELERATOR

part |2 pages

ARBITRAGE

chapter |18 pages

AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS

chapter |7 pages

COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY

chapter |5 pages

COOPERATION

chapter |16 pages

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

chapter |13 pages

DUAL ECONOMY

chapter |24 pages

ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND SCOPE

chapter |3 pages

FAMILY, ECONOMICS OF

chapter |9 pages

FISCAL FEDERALISM

chapter |3 pages

HEALTH ECONOMICS

part |2 pages

HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOUR

chapter |12 pages

HUMAN CAPITAL

chapter |4 pages

INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS

chapter |3 pages

IS-LM MODEL

chapter |3 pages

LABOUR

chapter |14 pages

LIBERTARIAN ECONOMICS

chapter |9 pages

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION

chapter |12 pages

NON-PROFIT ENTERPRISE

chapter |7 pages

PROFIT

chapter |16 pages

PUBLIC SECTOR

chapter |8 pages

SEGMENTED LABOUR MARKET

chapter |4 pages

STOCKHOLM SCHOOL

chapter |4 pages

TAXATION

chapter |6 pages

TIME IN ECONOMICS

chapter |9 pages

TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS

chapter |4 pages

WEALTH