Essential economics
- ISBN: 9781861975805
- Editorial: Profile Books Ltd.
- Fecha de la edición: 2004
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Colección: Essential
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 21 cm
- Nº Pág.: 282
- Idiomas: Inglés
In the complicated, fast-moving global environment in which we live and work today, an understanding of economics is more important than ever. This book is a clear and lively guide to the essentials of economics, with entries that stretch from A to Z and cover such topics, terms and jargon as: Animal spirits, Barter, Cannibalise, Dumping, Economic man, First-mover advantage, Gresham's Law, Hypothecation, Inequality, J-curve, Kleptocracy, Lump of labour fallacy, Money illusion, New economy, Opportunity cost, Positional goods, Queueing, Random walk, Satisficing, Tragedy of the commons, Utility, Value at risk, Winner-takes-all markets, X-efficiency, Yield gap and Zero-sum game.