Name: Essentials of Economics von John Sloman
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Essentials of Economics Zusammenfassung

Essentials of Economics John Sloman

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the authors Student and lecturer resources Preface Acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements Part A Introduction 1 Economic issues 1.1 Engaging with economics An island economy Economic puzzles and issues 1.2 The economic problem The problem of scarcity Demand and supply 1.3 Dividing up the subject Macroeconomics Microeconomics 1.4 Modelling economic relationships The production possibility curve The circular flow of goods and incomes Techniques of analysis 1.5 Economic systems The command economy The free-market economy The mixed market economy Chapter 1 Boxes 1.1 Macroeconomic issues: An historical perspective 1.2 The opportunity costs of studying economics: What are you sacrificing? 1.3 Command economies: Rise and fall of planning 1.4 Affording the mixed economy: The sovereign debt crisis of the early 2010s PART B MICROECONOMICS 2 Markets, demand and supply 2.1 Demand The relationship between demand and price The demand curve Other determinants of demand Movements along and shifts in the demand curve Utility and the demand curve 2.2 Supply Supply and price The supply curve Other determinants of supply Movements along and shifts in the supply curve 2.3 The determination of price Equilibrium price and output Movement to a new equilibrium 2.4 The free-market economy Advantages of a free-market economy Problems with a free-market economy 2.5 Behavioural economics What is behavioural economics? Explaining 'irrational' consumer choices Relevance to economic policy Chapter 2 Boxes 2.1 Satisfaction and the rational consumer: Consumer surplus and 'benefit drivers' 2.2 UK house prices: From raising the roof to falling through the floor 2.3 Stock market prices: Demand and supply in action 2.4 Commodity prices: Riding the commodities Big Dipper? 2.5 Nudging people: How to change behaviour 3 Markets in action 3.1 Price elasticity of demand Measuring the price elasticity of demand Interpreting the figure for elasticity Determinants of price elasticity of demand 3.2 Price elasticity of demand and consumer expenditure 3.3 Price elasticity of supply (PeS) The determinants of price elasticity of supply 3.4 Other elasticities Income elasticity of demand 3.5 Markets and adjustment over time Short-run and long-run adjustment Price expectations and speculation 3.6 Uncertainty and risk Responding to risk and uncertainty 3.7 Markets where prices are controlled Setting a minimum (high) price Setting a maximum (low) price Chapter 3 Boxes 3.1 &

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GOR009652649

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9781292082240

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1292082240

Titel

Essentials of Economics John Sloman

Autor

John Sloman

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Pearson Education Limited

Datum

20160216

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504

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