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Economics
Partha Dasgupta
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Description for Economics
Paperback. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, this work describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. Along the way, it provides an introduction to key economic factors and concepts such as individual choices, national policies, and equity. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them, and the processes that shape their lives, their families, and their futures. He shows how economics uncovers these processes, finds explanations for them, and how it forms policies and solutions. Along the way, ... Read more
Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them, and the processes that shape their lives, their families, and their futures. He shows how economics uncovers these processes, finds explanations for them, and how it forms policies and solutions. Along the way, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192853455
SKU
V9780192853455
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About Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College. His book, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution (OUP, 1993) was praised as 'a tour de force... a model of good economics' (Joseph Stiglitz) and 'philosophically sophisticated, empirically well-informed, ambitious and lively' (James Griffin).
Reviews for Economics
An excellent introduction... presents mathematical and statistical findings in straightforward prose.
Financial Times
I wish more people would read Dasgupta's book, and I wish more economists would write variations on its theme. It is a model specimen.
www.economicprincipals.com
The text is direct, rigorous and thought-provoking. It provides an intelligent, rigorous and readable introduction to economics.
... Read more
Financial Times
I wish more people would read Dasgupta's book, and I wish more economists would write variations on its theme. It is a model specimen.
www.economicprincipals.com
The text is direct, rigorous and thought-provoking. It provides an intelligent, rigorous and readable introduction to economics.
... Read more