Basic Economics : : a Common Sense Guide to the Economy

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Call Number: 330 So, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Business & Economics / General / Sowell, Thomas
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Part 1: Prices and markets. The role of prices ; Price controls ; An overview of prices -- Part 2: Industry and commerce. The rise and fall of businesses ; The role of profits -- and losses ; The economics of big business ; Regulation and anti-trust laws ; Market and non-market economies -- Part 3: Work and pay. Productivity and pay ; Minimum wage laws ; Special problems in labor markets -- Part 4: Time and risk. Investment. ; Stocks, bonds and insurance ; Special problems of time and risk -- Part 5: The national economy. National output ; Money and the banking system ; Government functions ; Government finance ; Special problems in the national economy -- Part 6: The international economy. International trade ; International transfers of wealth ; International disparities in wealth -- Part 7: Special economic issues. Myths about markets ; "Non-economic" values ; The history of economics ; Parting thoughts.
A presentation of economics in plain language.

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