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USA, Oxford University Press, 2007.
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| Description |
vi, 440pBlack Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
This new textbook is authoritative, exciting and highly interactive. Based on our best-selling, Economics: A Complete Course, it has been completely updated and revised to fully cover the IGCSE Economics syllabus. It includes a wealth of engaging activities and features and includes the latest material on globalization, development economics, world employment trends, global financial institutions and consumer behaviour.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements
Preface
The basic economic problem: Scarcity and choice
The economic problem
Specialization and exchange
Economic systems
The nature and functions of Organizations and Institutions in an economy
Types of Business organizations
Trade Unions
Financial Institutions
How the market works
How prices are determined
Market structures
The role of advertising
The Individual as Producer, Consumer and Borrower
Occupation and wages
Spending, Saving and Borrowing
The Private firm as Producer and Employer
Organizing production
Costs, revenues and profits
The role of Government in an economy
Government objectives and policies
Public sector finance
Economic indicators: Recent changes and current trends in an economy and their consequences
Prices and employment
Output and growth
International trade and exchange rates
Developed and developing economies
Economic development
Population
International aspects of economic interdependence and possible conflicts of interest
Social costs and benefits
The impact of globalization
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| Standard Number |
9780199151349 Pb.
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