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Economics explained : everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going / Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : Simon & Schuster, c1994.Edition: Rev. and updatedISBN:
  • 9780671884222
  • 0671884220
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330
Summary: Thoroughly revised and statistically updated, Economics Explained is an engaging primer that combines the wealth of information of a textbook with a readability rarely found in textbooks - in one interesting and informative volume. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow - two of America's most respected and articulate economists - illuminate the vital concerns, trends, and challenges of the marketplace: the threat of inflation, the unleashing of technology, the illusion of money, the thrust of big business, the cost of monopoly. Here is all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Previous ed.: 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thoroughly revised and statistically updated, Economics Explained is an engaging primer that combines the wealth of information of a textbook with a readability rarely found in textbooks - in one interesting and informative volume. In this straightforward, highly accessible reference, Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow - two of America's most respected and articulate economists - illuminate the vital concerns, trends, and challenges of the marketplace: the threat of inflation, the unleashing of technology, the illusion of money, the thrust of big business, the cost of monopoly. Here is all the economics essential for becoming an effective investor, a savvy business decision maker, or simply an informed member of society.