The complete idiot's guide to economics /
Gorman, Tom.
The complete idiot's guide to economics / Complete idiot's guide Economics by Tom Gorman. - 2nd ed. - New York : Alpha, c2011. - xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Understand the forces behind the ups and downs of our economy" --Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-392) and index.
Economics explains it all -- Who gets what, and how? -- GDP and the players three -- The economist's toolbox -- Supply, demand, and the invisible hand -- Look at these prices! -- Capitalism at work -- Buyer be where? -- Income, outgo, and investment -- The business of business -- Wages, workers, and the workplace -- To have and have not -- The government and the economy -- The ups and downs of the business cycle -- Hey, big spender! The federal budget -- Fiscal policy and economic growth -- Money, the banking system, and policy -- The color- and velocity- of money -- The banks' bank: the Federal Reserve -- Monetary policy: the gas and the brakes -- The global economy -- International trade: exports, imports, etc. -- International finance -- The global economy -- Situational economics -- U.S. health care: on life support? -- The economics of sustainable growth -- Learning to "read" the economy -- Everyday economics.
Presents a guide to economics that covers such topics as leading economic indicators, fiscal and monetary policy, supply and demand, consumer behavior, the federal budget, business cycles, and the banking system.
1592579817 (pbk.) 9781592579815 (pbk.)
2010908788
Economics.
HB171.5 / .G6484 2011
330
The complete idiot's guide to economics / Complete idiot's guide Economics by Tom Gorman. - 2nd ed. - New York : Alpha, c2011. - xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Understand the forces behind the ups and downs of our economy" --Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-392) and index.
Economics explains it all -- Who gets what, and how? -- GDP and the players three -- The economist's toolbox -- Supply, demand, and the invisible hand -- Look at these prices! -- Capitalism at work -- Buyer be where? -- Income, outgo, and investment -- The business of business -- Wages, workers, and the workplace -- To have and have not -- The government and the economy -- The ups and downs of the business cycle -- Hey, big spender! The federal budget -- Fiscal policy and economic growth -- Money, the banking system, and policy -- The color- and velocity- of money -- The banks' bank: the Federal Reserve -- Monetary policy: the gas and the brakes -- The global economy -- International trade: exports, imports, etc. -- International finance -- The global economy -- Situational economics -- U.S. health care: on life support? -- The economics of sustainable growth -- Learning to "read" the economy -- Everyday economics.
Presents a guide to economics that covers such topics as leading economic indicators, fiscal and monetary policy, supply and demand, consumer behavior, the federal budget, business cycles, and the banking system.
1592579817 (pbk.) 9781592579815 (pbk.)
2010908788
Economics.
HB171.5 / .G6484 2011
330