Invitation to economics : understanding argument and policy / Thomas Mayer.
By: Mayer, Thomas
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BookPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781405183932 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1405183934 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Economics | Economists | Economic policy | Reasoning | Critical thinkingDDC classification: 330
Contents:
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.
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BardBerlinLibrary | 330 May 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available |
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.
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