Partha Dasgupta (, Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University

Economics

A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 reveals the connections between economics, politics, and development, and shows how these interactions create the world we live in today.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 112mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 148g
• ISBN-13: 9780192853455
• ISBN-10: 0192853457
• Artikelnr.: 21334069

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue
1: Macroeconomic History
2: Trust
3: Communities
4: Markets
5: Science and Technology as Institutions
6: Households and Firms
7: Sustainable Economic Development
8: Social Well-Being and Democratic Government
Epilogue
Further Reading

Rezensionen

An excellent introduction... presents mathematical and statistical findings in straightforward prose. Financial Times