Table of Contents

Contents: 1. The Axioms and Underlying Principles of a Free Market Economy 2. The Economics of the Free Market 3. Value Added 4. Governments and the Market 5. Factors of Production, Finance and the Role of the Entrepreneur 6. Supply and Demand 7. Supply and Demand – Beyond Equilibrium 8. Marginal Analysis 9. Measuring the Economy 10. An Interlude on the History of Economics 11. The Keynesian Revolution and Say’s Law 12. The Basic Keynesian Macroeconomic Model 13. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 14. The Classical Theory of the Business Cycle 15. Cyclical Activity and Governments 16. Saving and the Financial System 17. Controlling Inflation Index

About the Author

Steven Kates, Senior Fellow, Centre for Labour Market Research, University of Canberra, Australia

Reviews

Acclaim for the first edition:
*'Free Market Economics is virtually a must read for serious economists . . . Highly recommended.'– Choice*

'A refreshing theoretical counterattack to the established Keynesian world view that has left the West financially overpromised, disastrously broke, and vulnerable to crank ideas. Professor Kates has brilliantly resurrected Say's law of markets - Keynes's old nemesis - into a new modern framework that forms the foundation of a new sustainable economy.'
*Mark Skousen, editor, Forecasts & Strategies and formerly of the Columbia Business School, US*

'Steven Kates has written an exciting new book on the basics of economics. He avoids the dry and unrealistic assumptions of most introductions to economics. He puts change, entrepreneurship, uncertainty, decentralized knowledge and spontaneous order at the center of his analysis. The reader will profit from this fresh approach far more than from an ordinary textbook. This is a treatment for the general reader that both respects and engages one's intelligence.'
*Mario J. Rizzo, New York University, US*

'Steve Kates, an academic with business experience, does away with the unrealistic abstractions that make economics inaccessible to general readers. This book is about real, enterprising people with whom we can identify, and about how ordinary economic life evolves in conditions of uncertainty. We learn why vacuous modelling only misleads us and why economic freedom and secure institutions are essential to achieving the good life.'
*Wolfgang Kasper, University of New South Wales, Australia*