Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Sean Masaki Flynn, PhD, is an assistant professor of economics at Scripps College, where he also serves as the chairman of the economics department. Dr.??Flynn has been a guest expert on NPR and has been interviewed for articles on Forbes.com. He’s the coauthor of the world’s best-selling economics textbook.
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Introduction 1
Part1: Economics: The Science of How People Deal with Scarcity 5
Chapter 1: What Economics Is and Why You Should Care 7
Chapter 2: Cookies or Ice Cream? Exploring Consumer Choices 23
Chapter 3: Producing Stuff to Maximize Happiness 37
Part 2: Microeconomics: The Science of Consumer and Firm Behavior 59
Chapter 4: Supply and Demand Made Easy 61
Chapter 5: Introducing Homo Economicus, the Utility-Maximizing Consumer 87
Chapter 6: The Core of Capitalism: The Profit-Maximizing Firm 105
Chapter 7: Why Economists Love Free Markets and Competition 129
Chapter 8: Monopolies: Bad Behavior When Competition Is Lacking 155
Chapter 9: Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition: Middle Grounds 177
Part 3: Applying the Theories of Microeconomics 195
Chapter 10: Property Rights and Wrongs 197
Chapter 11: Asymmetric Information and Public Goods 209
Chapter 12: Internet Economics: Networks and Platforms 225
Chapter 13: Behavioral Economics: Investigating Irrationality 245
Part 4: Macroeconomics: The Science of Economic Growth and Stability 263
Chapter 14: How Economists Measure the Macroeconomy 265
Chapter 15: Inflation Frustration: Why More Money Isn’t Always Good 285
Chapter 16: Understanding Why Recessions Happen 303
Chapter 17: Fighting Recessions with Monetary and Fiscal Policy 329
Chapter 18: Grasping Origins and Effects of Financial Crises 359
Part 5: The Part of Tens 369
Chapter 19: Ten Seductive Economic Fallacies 371
Chapter 20: Ten Economic Ideas to Hold Dear 379
Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) Super-Famous Economists 383
Chapter 22: Ten (Or So) Recent Nobel Laureates in Economics 391
Glossary 397
Index 405
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They say money makes the world go ’round, and while that’s not exactly true, it’s pretty close. Economics For Dummies is your layman’s guide to unraveling the mysteries of economic theory, policy-making, and market behaviors. Inside, you’ll find jargon-free explanations of supply and demand, inflation, consumer behavior, financial crises, fiscal policy, and beyond. With online quizzes to help you master the concepts in each chapter, this friendly Dummies book is great as a supplement to any econ textbook—and an enlightening read all on its own.
Inside…
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- Federal Reserve policies
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- Macro- and microeconomics
- Common econ myths, busted
- The economics of the internet
- Monopolies and oligopolies
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Sean Masaki Flynn, PhD, is an assistant professor of economics at Scripps College, where he also serves as the chairman of the economics department. Dr.??Flynn has been a guest expert on NPR and has been interviewed for articles on Forbes.com. He’s the coauthor of the world’s best-selling economics textbook.