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Economics for everyone : a short guide to the economics of capitalism / Jim Stanford ; illustrations by Tony Biddle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1552662721
  • 9781552662724
Other title:
  • Short guide to the economics of capitalism
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.122 22
LOC classification:
  • HB501 .S83 2008
Contents:
Preliminaries. The economy and economics -- Capitalism -- Economic history -- The politics of economics. The basics of capitalism : work, tools, and profit. Work, production, and value -- Working with tools -- Companies, owners, and profit -- Workers and bosses -- Reproduction (for economists!) -- Closing the little circle. Capitalism as a system. Competition -- Investment and growth -- Employment and unemployment -- Dividing the pie -- Capitalism and the environment. The complexity of capitalism. Money and banking -- Inflation, central banks, and monetary policy -- Paper chase : stock markets, financialization, and pensions -- the conflicting personalities of government -- Spending and taxing -- Globalization -- Development (and otherwise) -- Closing the big circle -- The ups and downs of capitalism. Challenging capitalism. Evaluating capitalism -- Improving capitalism -- Replacing capitalism.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 330.122 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A428318B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminaries. The economy and economics -- Capitalism -- Economic history -- The politics of economics. The basics of capitalism : work, tools, and profit. Work, production, and value -- Working with tools -- Companies, owners, and profit -- Workers and bosses -- Reproduction (for economists!) -- Closing the little circle. Capitalism as a system. Competition -- Investment and growth -- Employment and unemployment -- Dividing the pie -- Capitalism and the environment. The complexity of capitalism. Money and banking -- Inflation, central banks, and monetary policy -- Paper chase : stock markets, financialization, and pensions -- the conflicting personalities of government -- Spending and taxing -- Globalization -- Development (and otherwise) -- Closing the big circle -- The ups and downs of capitalism. Challenging capitalism. Evaluating capitalism -- Improving capitalism -- Replacing capitalism.

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