Essentials of Economics

by John Sloman

This book distills introductory economics into a fraction of the space normally used by traditional economic textbooks, yet it covers all the basics most readers will need. Topics covered markets; supply and demand; wages; market failures and government policy; aggregate demand and supply; macroeconomic issues; national income; fiscal and monetary policy; unemployment; inflation; international trade; balance of payments, and more.

Genres: Economics

388 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

John Sloman is Director of the Economics Network, the economics subject centre of the Higher Education Academy. Economics Network is based at the University of Bristol. John is also Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

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[Mina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel like I'm going to have to repeat this: Books are meant to be read and thus should be written to be read.