TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stanford,Jim
ED  - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
TI  - Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism 
SN  - 1552662721
AV  - HB501 .S83 2008
U1  - 330.122 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Black Point, N.S.
PB  - Fernwood Pub. and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
KW  - Economics
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - 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
ER  -