Modern Economics de Jack Harvey

Modern Economics: An Introduction

Jack Harvey

Ernie Jowsey

Jack Harvey's Modern Economics is a classic in the world of economics teaching and learning and is an ideal entry to the subject for introductory students in business and economics. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect developments in a number of important and emerging areas of economics. Also available is a companion website with extra features to accompany the text, please take a look by clicking below - http://www.palgrave.com/economics/harvey/

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JACK HARVEY is a pioneer in teaching and writing textbooks about economics. He has taught economics at all levels and is the author of several successful and influential textbooks that have become modern classics.ERNIE JOWSEY is Principal Lecturer in Economics in the School of Environment and Development at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

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Preface PART 1: INTRODUCTION What Economics is About Methods of Allocating Resources PART 2: WHAT TO PRODUCE How Price is Formed in the Free Market Applications of Demand and Supply Analysis A Further Look at Demand PART 3: HOW TO PRODUCE THE THEORY OF PRODUCTION The Firm The Organisation and Scale of Production The Distribution of Goods to the Consumer The Location of Production Combining the Factors of Production Deciding on the Most Profitable Output The Supply Curve of the Industry under Perfect Competition Rewarding the Factors of Production: The Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution PART 4: THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES Market Failure and the Role of Government Monopoly Imperfect Competition: Other Forms Externalities and Cost-Benefit Analysis The Environment: Conservation and Pollution The Provision of Goods and Services by the Public Sector PART 5: REWARDS TO THE DIFFERENT FACTORS OF PRODUCTION Labour and Wages Capital and Interest Land and Rent Entrepreneurship and Profit PART 6: MONEY AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Money and the Rate of Interest Financial Markets Clearing Banks The Bank of England PART 7: THE GOVERNMENT AND STABILISATION POLICY Measuring the Level of Activity: National Income Calculations Unemployment The Level of Output and Aggregate Demand: The Keynesian Explanation Employment and the Price Level Inflation: Its Effects Policies to Achieve Price Stability Economic Growth Balanced Regional Development Public Finance PART 8: INTERNATIONAL TRADE The Nature of International Trade The Balance-of-Payments Foreign Exchange Rates The Correction of a Balance-of-Payments Disequilibrium The European Union PART 9: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE The Population of the UK Current Problems and Policies in the UK and Europe.