Living economy : the Reuters guide to the economy of modern Britain
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London ; New York:
Reuters,
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Economics : the business of life
- Major economists and what they thought
- Introduction
- Adam Smith (1723-1790)
- Karl Marx (1818-1883)
- John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
- Milton Friedman (1912- )
- pt. 2. Economic health, wealth and happiness
- A simple guide to growth and recessions
- Introduction
- How does your country grow?
- Turning the wheels of the business cycle
- The downside to global growth
- Living it up
- pt. 3. Political correctness
- The government, the Chancellor, his job and your money
- Introduction
- A taxing issue
- The strain on the taxpayer's purse
- How does the government control the economy?
- A matter of life and debt
- pt. 4. The price is right
- A guide to inflation and interest rates
- Introduction
- The effects of inflation
- What causes inflation?
- Winning the battle of the price bulge
- An interesting guide to borrowing costs
- How the Bank of England controls interest rates
- Is inflation dead or just resting?
- What is the price of low inflation?
- E-tailing and the e-conomy
- pt. 5. Working for a living
- The changing nature of labour markets
- Introduction
- How safe is your job?
- Poverty on the rise, too
- Getting people back on the job
- Have we got a brand new economy?
- Britain : a tale of two nations
- Trade unions, past, present and future
- pt. 6. Financial markets
- Where economics meets your money
- Introduction
- The name's bond, government bond
- Share and share alike
- Derivatives
- pt. 7. Best of both worlds
- Getting the most out of trade
- Introduction
- Why do countries trade?
- Free trade versus protection
- Paying for trade
- Making sense of the pound
- pt. 8. Redrawing the European economic map
- A guide to monetary union
- Introduction
- Economics and the Euro
- Patriotism or nationalism?
- Market forces or forcing markets? There may be trouble ahead ...
- pt. 9. Altogether now
- Institutions for a globalised world
- Introduction
- The world's major central banks
- The International Monetary Fund
- The World Bank
- The World Trade Organisation
- Conclusion.