Economics for everyone : a short guide to the economics of capitalism / Jim Stanford ; illustrations by Tony Biddle.
Material type: TextPublisher: Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1552662721
- 9781552662724
- Short guide to the economics of capitalism
- 330.122 22
- HB501 .S83 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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