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Invitation to Economics: Understanding Argument and Policy
Thomas Mayer
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Description for Invitation to Economics: Understanding Argument and Policy
Hardback. Our media is filled with stories of economics and policymaking. This book helps you to keep your head above water in this sea of information by empowering you to spot naive and spurious economic arguments. In short, this book will help you become a critical consumer of economic arguments. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
Invitation to Economics empowers the reader to spot naive and spurious economic arguments by inculcating an intuitive 'feel' for economics.
- A unique and critical guide to understanding economic arguments in the media
- Focuses on microeconomics, specifically on the idea that economic policies often have important indirect effects
- Key ideas are applied repeatedly in numerous case studies drawn from newspapers and other media
- Economic principles are presented in an accessible and non-rigorous format using case studies
- Incorporates the value judgments and political judgments that underlie economic policies
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405183581
SKU
V9781405183581
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Ref
99-50
About Thomas Mayer
Thomas Mayer is Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis. He has also taught at Notre Dame University and Michigan State University, and as a visitor at West Virginia University and the University of California, Berkeley. He has written numerous articles in professional journals, and is the author or co-author of eight previous books. In 1978 he served as ... Read more
Reviews for Invitation to Economics: Understanding Argument and Policy
“This well-written, clearly organized book presents a nontechnical, overarching view of economic theory and how it gets applied and interpreted” (Choice Reviews, June 2009)