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

Mayer, Thomas, 1927-
2009
330 M468i 2009
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Title
Invitation to economics : understanding argument and policy / Thomas Mayer.
Author
Mayer, Thomas, 1927-
ISBN
9781405183581 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405183586 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781405183932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1405183934 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
330 M468i 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)230183210
(OCoLC)230183210
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
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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