Principles of Economics for a Post-Meltdown World

• Main Author: Komlos, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Economic theory.; Economics.; Political Economy/Economic Policy.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.

This brief emphasizes the ways in which introductory economics textbooks incorrectly rely on assumptions about the free market, the rational agent model, market fundamentalism, and standard long-standing assumptions in economics, and in doing so disregard the effects of incomplete and asymmetric inf...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Concepts
• Micro: Supply and Demand in the Product Markets
• Micro: Supply and Demand in the Factor Markets
• Applications of Economic Principles
• Macroeconomics Economic Growth and Business Cycles
• Growth, Development and the Global Economy
• Unemployment, Inflation, and Economic Policy
• Conclusion
• Endnotes.