Now in its fifth edition Economic Approaches to Organisations remains one of the few texts to emphasize the importance of economic issues & developments in the study of organisations & management It explains in a non-technical way different economic approaches such as behavioural theory of the firm game theory agency theory transaction cost economics economics of strategy & evolutionary approaches This latest edition is packed with practical examples from real-world companies helping you to understand how the concepts relate to economic & organizational problems happening in the world today ...

For courses on economic development Accessible theory relevant policy issues & the latest data & research in the context of a thorough introduction to the developing world Economic Development
- the leading textbook in this field
- provides students with a complete & balanced introduction to the requisite theory driving policy issues & latest research Todaro & Smith take a policy-oriented approach presenting economic theory in the context of critical policy debates & country-specific case studies to see how theory relates to the problems & prospects of developing countries New to this edition Findings Boxes
- new intuitive introductions to important recent research Global Crisis
- up-to-date challenges & opportunities for developing countries Policy Analysis & case studies
- review great progress in many developing countries plus big challenges such as violent conflict & climate change; insights from comparative case studies such as Costa Rica Guatemala & Honduras




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The long-awaited second edition of an important textbook on economic growth-a major revision incorporating the most recent work on the subject This graduate level text on economic growth surveys neoclassical & more recent growth theories stressing their empirical implications & the relation of theory to data & evidence The authors have undertaken a major revision for the long-awaited second edition of this widely used text the first modern textbook devoted to growth theory The book has been expanded in many areas & incorporates the latest research After an introductory discussion of economic growth the book examines neoclassical growth theories from Solow-Swan in the 1950s & Cass-Koopmans in the 1960s to more recent refinements; this is followed by a discussion of extensions to the model with expanded treatment in this edition of heterogenity of households The book then turns to endogenous growth theory discussing among other topics models of endogenous technological progress (with an expanded discussion in this edition of the role of outside competition in the growth process) technological diffusion & an endogenous determination of labor supply & population The authors then explain the essentials of growth accounting & apply this framework to endogenous growth models The final chapters cover empirical analysis of regions & empirical evidence on economic growth for a broad panel of countries from 1960 to 2000 The updated treatment of cross-country growth regressions for this edition uses the new Summers-Heston data set on world income distribution compiled through 2000 ...

In this concise yet comprehensive history Heinz D Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth & early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson & Kenneth J Arrow With a keen eye for how economic insights are acquired lost & reborn Kurz focuses on the dynamic individuals who give old ideas new life & the historical events that provoke different approaches & theories Over the course of this journey Kurz explains what Adam Smith meant by the "invisible hand"; how Karl Marx&s "law of motion" works in capitalist economies; the roots of the Austrian economists& emphasis on the problems of information incomplete knowledge & uncertainty; John Maynard Keynes&s principle of effective demand & economic stabilization; & the insights & challenges offered by growth theory welfare economics game theory & more He concludes with a deft summation of world economists& major concerns today & their critical relation to world events ...

From Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers & asked to comment on issues of the day no matter how distant from his own areas of research His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect further on the role economists & their discipline play in society The result is Economics for the Common Good a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics far from being a dismal science is a positive force for the common good Economists are rewarded for writing technical papers in scholarly journals not joining in public debates But Tirole says we urgently need economists to engage with the many challenges facing society helping to identify our key objectives & the tools needed to meet them To show how economics can help us realize the common good Tirole shares his insights on a broad array of questions affecting our everyday lives & the future of our society including global warming unemployment the post-2008 global financial order the Euro crisis the digital revolution innovation & the proper balance between the free market & regulation Providing a rich account of how economics can benefit everyone Economics for the Common Good sets a new agenda for the role of economics in society ...

A comprehensive new edition of Economics for the IB Diploma This lively textbook available in both print & e-book formats offers comprehensive coverage of the Economics syllabus for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma at both Standard & Higher Levels This new edition is written by a highly experienced author & former IB Economics Chief Examiner & has been extensively revised to meet the requirements of the new syllabus (effective 2011) The print book

Includes:: a CD-ROM of supplementary materials including a chapter on quantitative techniques & extensive exam practice These supplementary materials are also included in the e-book version for an all-in-one solution

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Our economy is rigged in favour of a wealthy elite We need a new approach an economics for the many 256 pages Mc Donnell John ...

Economics in Minutes condenses key economics concepts into 200 short & easily digested essays Featuring not only fundamental ideas such as the role of money & how the stock market works but also subjects that are increasingly important to us today
- unemployment government debt & corporate tax avoidance for example
- it is the ideal introduction to a complex contemporary field Key topics are succinctly described & accompanied by illustrations making them simple to read & easy to remember This convenient little reference guide will allow readers to understand the theories underpinning a subject that affects our lives on a daily basis Chapters include Supply & demand Globalization Market failure GDP & happiness Risk & uncertainty Living standards & productivity Game theory Economics & culture

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This classic bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of development economics The tenth edition of Tony Thirlwall's book now co-written with Penelope Pacheco-Lopez provides a clear comprehensive & rigorous introduction to the theory of development economics & the experience of developing countries Balancing a historic approach with current data & references it provides a wide-ranging analysis of the subject This all-inclusive methodology succeeds at representing different schools of thought with a balance of micro & macro topics An ideal textbook for undergraduate students of economics & other social sciences it is also suitable for upper undergraduate & master's level modules on development economics as an option on a non-economics degree ...

Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have Named one of the Young Guns & one of the five hot minds in economics by the Yale Economic Review he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status How has he done it? By arguing a simple almost heretical proposition economics is ultimately about good & evil In The Economics of Good & Evil Sedlacek radically rethinks his field challenging our assumptions about the world Economics is touted as a science a value-free mathematical inquiry he writes but it's actually a cultural phenomenon a product of our civilization It began within philosophy-Adam Smith himself not only wrote The Wealth of Nations but also The Theory of Moral Sentiments-and economics as Sedlacek shows is woven out of history myth religion & ethics Even the most sophisticated mathematical model Sedlacek writes is de facto a story a parable our effort to (rationally) grasp the world around us Economics not only describes the world but establishes normative standards identifying ideal conditions Science he claims is a system of beliefs to which we are committed To grasp the beliefs underlying economics he breaks out of the field's confines with a tour de force exploration of economic thinking broadly defined over the millennia He ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh & the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity from Descartes & Adam Smith to the consumerism in Fight Club Throughout he asks searching meta-economic questions What is the meaning & the point of economics? Can we do ethically all that we can do technically? Does it pay to be good? Placing the wisdom of philosophers & poets over strict mathematical models of human behavior Sedlacek's groundbreaking work promises to change the way we calculate economic value ...