Mayer, Thomas, 1927-
Invitation to economics : understanding argument and policy / Thomas Mayer. - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The subject of economics -- What economists do -- How well do they do it? -- Some infrastructure -- Beguiling words -- Important economic ideas: often misunderstood -- Economic theory and policy -- The Crown Jewel of economics: the price mechanism -- Risk taking and incentives -- Looking around corners -- Natural resources and environmental economics -- Looking at data -- Empirical economics -- Some simple (?) ways of presenting data: percentages, figures, and graphs -- Samples and their problems -- Regressions: the workhorse of empirical economics -- The workhorse in action: some examples of empirical economics.
9781405183932 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405183934 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008030366
Economics.
Economists.
Economic policy.
Reasoning.
Critical thinking.
HB171 / .M4613 2009
330
Invitation to economics : understanding argument and policy / Thomas Mayer. - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The subject of economics -- What economists do -- How well do they do it? -- Some infrastructure -- Beguiling words -- Important economic ideas: often misunderstood -- Economic theory and policy -- The Crown Jewel of economics: the price mechanism -- Risk taking and incentives -- Looking around corners -- Natural resources and environmental economics -- Looking at data -- Empirical economics -- Some simple (?) ways of presenting data: percentages, figures, and graphs -- Samples and their problems -- Regressions: the workhorse of empirical economics -- The workhorse in action: some examples of empirical economics.
9781405183932 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405183934 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008030366
Economics.
Economists.
Economic policy.
Reasoning.
Critical thinking.
HB171 / .M4613 2009
330