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Economics for everyone : a short guide to the economics of capitalism
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- Creator
- Jim Stanford ; illustrations by Tony Biddle
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- Language
- English
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- London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- 350 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780745327518, 0745327516, 9780745327501, 0745327508
- OCLC
- ocn181142744
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Why study economics? -- pt. 1. Preliminaries -- 1. The economy and economics -- 2. Capitalism -- 3. Economic history -- 4. The politics of economics -- pt. 2. The basics of capitalism : work, tools, and profit -- 5. Work, production, and value -- 6. Working with tools -- 7. Companies, owners, and profit -- 8. Workers and bosses -- 9. Reproduction (for economists!) -- 10. Closing the little circle -- pt. 3. Capitalism as a system -- 11. Competition -- 12. Investment and unemployment -- 13. Employment and unemployment -- 14. Dividing the pie -- 15. Capitalism and the environment --
- pt. 4. The complexity of capitalism -- 16. Money and banking -- 17. Inflation, central banks, and monetary policy -- 18. Paper chase : stock markets, financialization, and pensions -- 19. The conflicting personalities of government -- 20. Spending and taxing -- 21. Globalization -- 22. Development (and otherwise) -- 23. Closing the big circle -- 24. The ups and downs of capitalism -- pt. 5. Challenging capitalism -- 25. Evaluating capitalism -- 26. Improving capitalism -- 27. Replacing capitalism? -- Conclusion : A dozen big things to remember about economics -- Index