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9780595174270

What Is Economics?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780595174270

  • ISBN10:

    0595174272

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-03-01
  • Publisher: Iuniverse Inc

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Table of Contents

Ever Since Eve: An Overview of Economicsp. 1
Coping With This Bookp. 8
Some Achievements of Modern Economicsp. 16
What Economics Isp. 22
Five Categories for Economic Activityp. 22
Relationshipsp. 30
The "Optimal" Solutionp. 39
Implications for Teaching and Learningp. 47
Strengths and Limitations of the Fivefold Divisionp. 54
What Economics Is Notp. 58
A Matter of Opinionp. 58
The Topics Dealt With in Textbooksp. 64
Applied Mathematicsp. 65
Objectives Served by an Economic Systemp. 66
General Problem Solvingp. 68
Other Misconceptionsp. 70
Free Light Bulbs?p. 76
Light Bulbsp. 79
Summary on Light Bulb Policyp. 93
Notep. 95
The Economic System as a Wholep. 98
The "Linear" Flow of Income versus the Circular Flowp. 101
A National Income Modelp. 105
What? How? For Whom?p. 110
Organization of Economic Knowledgep. 114
Mathematical, Classical, and Institutional Schoolsp. 115
Economic Accountingp. 119
Conclusionp. 127
The Aims of Economicsp. 133
Utility, Pleasure, and Emancipationp. 134
The Aims of Economicsp. 137
Appendix
Deepp. 149
Economic Knowledge (Taxonomic)p. 153
Economic Skills (Taxonomic)p. 160
Annotated Bibliographyp. 166
Indexp. 171
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