Economics : a very short introduction /
By: Dasgupta, Partha.
Series: Very short introductions ; 156.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 172 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0192853457 (pbk.); 9780192853455:; 9780192853455 (pbk.).Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162) and index.
Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Prologue -- 1. Macroeconomic history -- 2. Trust -- 3. Communities -- 4. Markets -- 5. Science and technology as institutions -- 6. Households and firms -- 7. Sustainable economic development -- 8. Social well-being and democratic government -- Epilogue -- Further readiing -- Index.
Partha Dasgupta demonstrates the empirical foundation of good economics and its concern with questions of direct relevance to every day life. She considers the population problem, examining individual choices and national policy and introduces other concepts such as efficiency, sustainability and property rights.