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ix, 478 pages : 25 cm This accessible work explains the big questions of contemporary economics: how do markets work? Why do they work? Why are they better than alternative systems of organizing economics? And why, sometimes, do they fail catastrophically? Includes bibliographical references and index pt. 1. The Issues -- 1. Welcome to the World of Bloomberg Television -- 2. People -- 3. Figures -- 4. How Rich States Became Rich -- 5. Transactions and Rules -- pt. 2. The Structure of Economic Systems -- 6. Production and Exchange -- 7. Assignment -- 8. Central Planning -- 9. Pluralism -- 10. Spontaneous Order -- pt. 3. Perfectly Competitive Markets -- 11. Competitive Markets -- 12. Markets in Risk -- 13. Markets in Money -- 14. General Equilibrium -- 15. Efficiency -- pt. 4. The Truth About Markets -- 16. Neoclassical Economics and After -- 17. Rationality and Adaptation -- 18. Information -- 19. Risk in Reality -- 20. Co-operation -- 21. Co-ordination -- 22. The Knowledge Economy -- pt. 5. How It All Works Out -- 23. Poor States Stay Poor -- 24. Who Gets What? -- 25. Places -- pt. 6. Political Economy -- 26. The American Business Model -- 27. Beyond the American Business Model --
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kay, J. A. (John Anderson)
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140296723
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Economics, Fiction, Business
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (40 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14