Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism - Couverture rigide

Stanford, Jim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745327516 ISBN 13 : 9780745327518

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2008

Synopsis

Economics is too important to be left to the economists. This concise and readable book provides non-specialist readers with all the information they need to understand how capitalism works (and how it doesn't). Jim Stanford's book is an antidote to the abstract and ideological way that economics is normally taught and reported. Key concepts such as finance, competition and wage labour are explored, and their importance to everyday life is revealed. Stanford answers questions such as "Do workers need capitalists?", "Why does capitalism harm the environment?", and "What really happens on the stock market?" The book will appeal to those working for a fairer world, and students of social sciences who need to engage with economics. It is illustrated with humorous and educational cartoons by Tony Biddle, and is supported with a comprehensive set of web-based course materials for popular economics courses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jim Stanford is Director of the Centre for Future Work, based at the Australia Institute and Honorary Professor of Political Economy at University of Sydney. He writes an economics column for the Globe and Mail, appears regularly on CBC TV's 'Bottom Line' economics panel and is the author of Economics for Everyone (Pluto, 2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745327516
• ISBN 13: 9780745327518
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
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• Personne responsable: non disponible