Starting Economics

This book has all the familiar merits associated with this well-established author: a wealth of illustrations, questions and relevant examples delivered through a clear and sound framework. Includes an entire chapter devoted to coursework.

Table of Contents

An introduction to economics; economic resources; economic systems - how economic resources are allocated; consumers' spending and saving; production and productivity; productivity and the costs of production; large firms and small firms; prices and markets; elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply; distribution; types of business organization; competition and monopoly; the location of industry; money and banking; business finance; incomes; the income and expenditure government; international trade; the balance of payments and the rate of exchange; the government and the national economy; inflation; unemployment; population; economic growth; economic development; coursework.