Economics is a highly respected and successful textbook, valued world-wide by students for its comprehensive and engaging coverage of introductory economics. The book presents economics as an interesting, lively and relevant subject and it helps students to see how the world works by developing “an economic way of thinking” Its clarity of exposition, lively examples and quality full-colour artwork help bring the subject powerfully to life in the 21st century. Its aim is to accurately reflect and encompass the constantly shifting economic world around us.
This title addresses the question: Can globalization bring about the standardization of values and modes of behaviour? It discusses how geography, language and religion impact on culture and explores aspects of culture that obliterate rational arguments. Ulla Ladau-Harjulin, Principal Lecturer, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration - Richard Lewis’s approach has been an absolutely marvellous way to get my students to appreciate how and why cultures are different, and how to benefit from this.
Graduates with a degree in econoics are able to analyse raw data, often finding trends that can help explain past events, shed light on present-day conditions, and predict what is likely to happen in the future. For this reason, many employers eagerly search out graduates with an economics degree, offering them an expansive range of job opportunities after college. Necessary reading for anyone who has recently completed a degree in economics or who is thinking about getting one
Topics in Classical Micro- and Macroeconomics: Elements of a Critique of Neoricardian Theory
This book demonstrates that classical micro- and macroeconomics, in particular in the tradition of Smith, Ricardo and Marx, can be synthesized into a coherent whole from the perspective of formal model building as well as applied Leontief-Stone systems of national accounts and the input-output approaches built on them. This reformulation of classical economics differs significantly from the static Neoricardian formalization of the classical approach to economics.
Monetary Economics in Globalised Financial Markets
This book integrates the fundamentals of monetary theory, monetary policy theory and financial market theory, providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the many-sided interrelations between these fields of research. It provides the reader with the intellectual groundwork indispensable for understanding the workings and interactions of today’s globalised financial markets.
