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050 00 $aHB171$b.H479 1994
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100 1 $aHeilbroner, Robert L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054171
245 10 $aEconomics explained :$beverything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going /$cRobert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow.
250 $aRev. and updated.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $a285 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"A Touchstone book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aI. The Economic Background. 1. Capitalism: Where Do We Come From? 2. Three Great Economists. 3. A Bird's-Eye View of the Economy. 4. The Trend of Things -- II. Macroeconomics - The Analysis of Prosperity and Recession. 5. The GNP. 6. Saving and Investing. 7. Passive Consumption, Active Investment. 8. The Economics of the Public Sector. 9. The Debate About Government. 10. What Money Is. 11. How Money Works. 12. Inflation. 13. Falling Behind: The Productivity Problem -- III. Microeconomics - The Anatomy of the Market System. 14. How Markets Work. 15. Where Markets Fail. 16. A Look at Big Business. 17. Rich and Poor -- IV. The Rest of the World. 18. Pricing the Dollar. 19. The Multinational Corporation. 20. Where Are We Headed? -- Appendix: How the Banking System Works.
520 $aThoroughly revised and statistically updated, Economics Explained is an engaging primer that combines the wealth of information of a textbook with a readability rarely found in textbooks - in one interesting and informative volume.
520 8 $aIn this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow - two of America's most respected and articulate economists - illuminate the vital concerns, trends, and challenges of the marketplace: the threat of inflation, the unleashing of technology, the illusion of money, the thrust of big business, the cost of monopoly. Here is all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society.
650 0 $aEconomics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040850
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140024
700 1 $aThurow, Lester C.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79148902
852 00 $boff,bus$hHB171$i.H479 1994