George Buckley & Sumeet Desai: What You Need To Know About Economics
Economics Matters. But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, it’s often hard to get you head around.
So What do you really need to know about economics? Find out:
* What economic growth is and why it matters
* How inflation happens
* How jobs are created and lost
* How the property market works
* What central banks do and how it affects the rest of us
* The impact of government spending on the economy
What You Need to Know About Economics cuts through the theory to help you to do your job and understand the world around you better.
Read More in the What You Need to Know Series and Ger Up to Speed on The Essentials… Fast.
Economics Matters. But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, it’s often hard to get you head around.
So What do you really need to know about economics? Find out:
* What economic growth is and why it matters
* How inflation happens
* How jobs are created and lost
* How the property market works
* What central banks do and how it affects the rest of us
* The impact of government spending on the economy
What You Need to Know About Economics cuts through the theory to help you to do your job and understand the world around you better.
Read More in the What You Need to Know Series and Ger Up to Speed on The Essentials… Fast.
Table of Content
Introduction – What You Need to Know about Economics 11 – Growth 5
2 – Inflation 39
3 – Employment 75
4 – Trade 111
5 – Money 147
6 – Central Banking 181
7 – The Public Finances 213
8 – Housing 245
Conclusion 279
Acknowledgements 283
Sources 285
Index 291
About the author
George Buckley is Chief UK Economist at Deutsche Bank, andhighly-regarded commentator on economic developments.
Sumeet Desai is an economics journalist and
commentator.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9780857081254 ● File size 2.5 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2011 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2347551 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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