Tony Cleaver takes the student through the major characteristics of the global economy in jargon-free non-technical language. Chapter summary diagrams and a wealth of boxes and tables make this an essential introduction for those just beginning the subject as well as the casual reader.
Contents
Command, market and mixed economies -- 2. Transition economics -- 3. Microeconomics and macroeconomics -- 4. Unemployment and inflation -- 5. Free trade, regional agreements and strategic policies -- 6. Customs unions and common markets -- 7. Money, banking and international finance -- 8. Exchange rates and currency union -- 9. Foreign debt, financial crisis and international policemen -- 10. Development, growth and Asian dragons -- 11. Environmental economics: sustaining spaceship earth -- 12. Conclusion: into the twenty-first century