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Invitation to Economics : understanding argument and policy / Thomas Mayer.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.Description: xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0673224201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405183934 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Invitation to economics.DDC classification:
  • 330 22 WOL
LOC classification:
  • HB171 .M4613 2009
Other classification:
  • 83.00
Contents:
The subject of economics -- What economists do -- How well do they do it? -- Some infrastructure -- Beguiling words -- Important economic ideas: often misunderstood -- Economic theory and policy -- The Crown Jewel of economics: the price mechanism -- Risk taking and incentives -- Looking around corners -- Natural resources and environmental economics -- Looking at data -- Empirical economics -- Some simple (?) ways of presenting data: percentages, figures, and graphs -- Samples and their problems -- Regressions: the workhorse of empirical economics -- The workhorse in action: some examples of empirical economics.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The subject of economics -- What economists do -- How well do they do it? -- Some infrastructure -- Beguiling words -- Important economic ideas: often misunderstood -- Economic theory and policy -- The Crown Jewel of economics: the price mechanism -- Risk taking and incentives -- Looking around corners -- Natural resources and environmental economics -- Looking at data -- Empirical economics -- Some simple (?) ways of presenting data: percentages, figures, and graphs -- Samples and their problems -- Regressions: the workhorse of empirical economics -- The workhorse in action: some examples of empirical economics.

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