Book description
George Buckley & Sumeet Desai: What You Need To Know About Economics
Economics Matters. But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, it's often hard to get you head around.
So What do you really need to know about economics? Find out:
What economic growth is and why it matters
How inflation happens
How jobs are created and lost
How the property market works
What central banks do and how it affects the rest of us
The impact of government spending on the economy
What You Need to Know About Economics cuts through the theory to help you to do your job and understand the world around you better.
Read More in the What You Need to Know Series and Ger Up to Speed on The Essentials... Fast.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
-
Chapter 1: GROWTH
- WHAT IS ECONOMIC GROWTH?
- Three Measures of Activity
- HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER
- Focus on Household Spending and Investment by Firms
- VOLUMES, VALUES AND THE SEASONS
- Business Cycles and Trend Growth
- Multipliers
- SPARE CAPACITY AND THE ‘OUTPUT GAP’
- Recessions and Depressions
- Comparing Economies Across the World
- What to Watch
- Chapter 2: INFLATION
- Chapter 3: EMPLOYMENT
- Chapter 4: TRADE
-
Chapter 5: MONEY
- WHY DOES MONEY EXIST?
- What Is Money Today?
- MONEY DEMAND – THE MOTIVES FOR HOLDING MONEY
- MONEY SUPPLY AND CREDIT CREATION
- How Interest Rates Are Determined
- The Quantity Theory of Money
- The Importance of Money In Practice
- The Borrowers and Savers of Money
- Household Borrowing and Debt
- Borrowing By Firms
- The Effect of Borrowing on the Economy
- The 2007 Credit Crisis – In a Nutshell
- Chapter 6: CENTRAL BANKING
- Chapter 7: THE PUBLIC FINANCES
- Chapter 8: HOUSING
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- SOURCES
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: What You Need To Know About Economics
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2011
- Publisher(s): Capstone
- ISBN: 9780857081148
You might also like
book
The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win
THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE WHY …
book
Issues & Observation: Adult Development Theory May Boost Global Leadership
Anyone in a global leadership role has been given a tall order. The nature of the …
book
Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way
A Wall Street Journal bestseller Why are Mercedes-Benz customers so loyal and passionate? Because the people …
book
Prefactoring
Prefactoring approaches software development of new systems using lessons learned from many developers over the years. …