Reading and Understanding Economics Upplaga 1

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Helping you move from reading economics textbooks to understanding the debates over economics and markets in the real world.

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How do consumers react to uncertain economic times? Are you paying too much for electricity and gas? What is the best time to buy shares? Should you send your children to a private school? Add in extra one space allowing?  

Do you want to know the answers to these questions? Then this is the book for you.

Reading and Understanding Economics analyses a selection of articles from a range of publications, all with recurrent themes relating to key economics issues in the news today. The book demonstrates how a good understanding of the key principles of economic theory can provide a solid framework for understanding many aspects of everyday life. International issues such as the demise of financial institutions, a monopoly on airports, inflation and the soaring cost of oil are analysed alongside more domestic concerns such as education, the minimum wage and using the tax system to reduce carbon emissions.

Articles are analysed in depth making it suitable for use by students studying on an introductory economics course, or indeed for anyone with an interest in current affairs. The book leaves you armed with a new vocabulary of key economics terms ready to conduct your own analysis next time you read or listen to the news for business or pleasure.

Kevins Book blog:

Visit the books website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/boakes to access the authors regularly updated blog for his take on the days business news as it unfolds, download pod casts with further article analysis and check your understanding with suggested hints to in-text questions. 

Also available:

Readingand Understanding the Financial Times ISBN 9780173715597

Also written by Kevin Boakes, this book helps you read and understand the Financial Times with confidence analysing articles with recurrent themes relating to some of the most important issues in the world of corporate finance.  

Quotes for back cover:

This book will help you understand how economies and financial markets work, and how investors think. It helps you move from reading economics textbooks to understand the debates over economics and markets in the real world. I recommend it to anyone looking to work in financial markets or interested in the topic".

Michael Saunders, Economist Citigroup

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