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Economics: The Basics
by Tony Cleaver. 232 pgs.

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Economics: The Basicsprovides a fascinating introduction to the key issues in contemporary economics. With case studies ranging from the coffee plantations of El Salvador to the international oil industry and the economic slowdown in Japan, it addresses fundamental questions such as:*Must increasing wealth for some mean increasing poverty for others?*Does producing more food for humankind mean we drive other species to extinction?*Is it true that, if we buy less coffee, farm incomes from Brazil to Kenya take a beating?*Is granting people property rights the best way to preserve fish and wildlife stocks?*Do we really have to choose between low unemployment and low inflation?Comprehensive and easy to read, this accessible guidebook is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how economics works and why it is important.

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1: Wealth and Poverty

2: Prices, Markets and Coffee

3: The Business of Supply

4: Inflation and Unemployment - Boom and Bust

5: Money, Banks, Bubbles and Crises

6: National Income, World Trade and Multinational Enterprise

7: Can We Reduce Poverty and Protect the Environment?

Glossary

Index
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Economics Broadly Considered: Essays in Honor of Warren J. Samuels
by Jeff E. Biddle, John B. Davis, Steven G. Medema. 374 pgs.

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Warren J. Samuels has been a prominent figure in the study of economics in the twentieth century. This book brings together essays by leading scholars in the areas of economics in which Samuels has made his most important contributions.

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Figures and Tables

Introduction

References

Part I: The History of Economic Thought

1: The Training of the Economist in Antiquity

References

2: A Quintessential (Ahistorical) Tableau ÉConomique

3: Frank Knight as an Institutional Economist

4: From Divergence to Convergence

5: E.H. Chamberlin

Notes

6: Two Phases of Kuznets’s Interest in Schumpeter

7: The Aea and the Radical Challenge to American Social Science

Part II: Aspects of Economic Method

8: On the Credentials of Methodological Pluralism

9: Some Practical Aspects of Pluralism in Economics

10: What Econometrics Can and Cannot Tell Us about Historical Actors

Notes

Part III: The Legal-Economic Nexus

11: Putting the “Political” Back into Political Economy

References

12: Output Categories for a Comparative Institutional Approach to Law and Economics

13: On the Changing Nature of the Public Utility Concept

Part IV: Aspects of Institutional and Post Keynesian Economics

14: The Institutional Economics of Nobel Prize Winners

15: J. Fagg Foster’s Theory of Instrumental Value

16: Monetary Policy in the Twenty-First Century in the Light of the Debate between Chartalism and Monetarism

17: 1935 Where We Were— Where We Are 2000

Appendix to: Chapter 10

Index
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The Economics of Alfred Marshall
by H. J. Davenport. 481 pgs.

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Foreword

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Chapter I Introduction

Chapter II Neo-Classical System Outlined

Chapter III Demand and Supply Mechanics

Chapter IV Utility, Price, and Measurement

Chapter V Cost of Production

Chapter VI Cost of Production (continued)

Chapter VII Price-Determining and Price-Determined Costs: Capital

Chapter VIII The Tests of Land Capital

Chapter IX Opportunity Costs: Various Land Costs

Chapter X Quasi-Rents: Equipment and Effort

Chapter XI Employee and Enterpriser Labor Returns

Chapter XII Normals and Representatives

Chapter XIII Costs in General

Chapter XIV Laws of Return

Chapter XV Interest

Index
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Economics and American Industry
by Leonard W. Weiss. 550 pgs.

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1: Introduction

2: Pure Competition And Agriculture--Short Run

3: Pure Competition And Agriculture--Long Run

4: Competitive Manufacturing-Textiles

5 Pure Monopoly -- Aluminum Before World War II

6: Regulated Industries-- Electric Power

7: Oligopoly-Steel

8: Oligopoly With Differentiated Products--Automobiles

9: Monopolistic Competition--Retailing

10: Factor Markets-- Steelworkers

11: Conclusions-- The Structure And Performance Of American Industry

Index
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Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell. 366 pgs.

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Here at last is a citizen's guide to economics -- a book for those who want to understand how their country's economy works but have no interest in graphs, jargon, or equations. Thomas Sowell reveals the general principles behind any kind of economy -- capitalist, socialist, feudal, or otherwise. In readable language, he helps the reader critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create rather than the goals they proclaim. With clear explanations of the entire field, from rent control and the rise and fall of businesses to the international balance of payments, this is the first book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy really functions.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter I: What Is Economics?

Part I: Prices

Chapter 2: The Role of Prices

Chapter 3: Price Controls

Chapter 4: An Overview

Part II: Industry and Commerce

Chapter 5: The Rise and Fall of Businesses

Chapter 6: The Role of Profits -- and Losses

Chapter 7: Big Business and Government

Chapter 8: An Overview

Part III: Work and Pay

Chapter 9: Productivity and Pay

Chapter 10: Controlled Labor Markets

Chapter 11: An Overview

Part IV: Time and Risk

Chapter 12: Investment and Speculation

Chapter 13: Risks and Insurance

Chapter 14: An Overview

Part V: The National Economy

Chapter 15: National Output

Chapter 16: Money and the Banking System

Chapter 17: The Role of Government

Part VI: The International Economy

Chapter 19: International Trade

Chapter 20: International Transfers of Wealth

Chapter 21: An Overview

Part VII: Popular Economic Fallacies

Chapter 22: Non-Economic Values

Chapter 23: Prices and Purchasing Power

Chapter 24: Business and Labor

Chapter 25: An Overview

Sources

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Dangerous Currents: The State of Economics
by Lester C. Thurow. 254 pgs.

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Introduction Charting the Currents of Economics

1: Fixed Versus Flexible Prices Fundamental Crosscurrents

2: Economic Failures Typhoons and Tidal Waves

3: Inflation A Psychological Storm

4: Econometrics An Icebreaker Caught in the Ice

5: Supply-Side Economics An Aberrant Current or The Economic Mainstream?

6: Rational Expectations A Nonexistent North-West Passage

7: The Labor Market A Sargasso Sea of Economic Shipwrecks

8: Rebuilding The Foundations of Economics Catching the Trade Winds

Notes

About the Author
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Reconstruction of Economics
by May Brodbeck, E. C. Harwood, Richard S. Rudner. 112 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

I: Introduction

II: What is Economic "Knowledge"?

III: Economics, an Introductory Analysis

IV: Human Action, a Treatise on Economics.

V: Modern Economics

VI: On the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

VII: Philosophy and Social Science

References

VIII: Thoughts on Scientific Method as Applied In Economics

IX: The Development of Economic Scientists

X: What Are the Primary Duties Of Economic Scientists?

XI: Reconstruction of Economics

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Principles of Economics
by C. W. Guillebaud, Alfred Marshall. 890 pgs.

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Editorial Introduction

Editorial Notes

Editorial Appendix to the Contents: Text of Contents of the First to the Fourth Editions

Book I: Preliminary Survey

Book I, Chapter II: The Substance of Economics

Book I, Chapter III: Economic Generalizations or Laws

Editorial Appendix to Book I, Chapter III

Book I, Chapter IV: The Order and Aims of Economic Studies

Book II: Some Fundamental Notions

Book Ii, Chapter Ii: Wealth

Book Ii, Chapter III: Production, Consumption, Labour, Necessaries

Book Ii, Chapter IV: Income, Capital

Book III: On Wants and Their Satisfaction

Book Iii, Chapter Ii: Wants in Relation to Activities

Book Iii, Chapter Iii: Gradation of Consumers' Demand

Book Iii, Chapter IV: The Elasticity of Wants

Book Iii, Chapter V: Choices Between Different Uses of the Same Thing Immediate and Deferred Uses

Book Iii, Chapter VI: Value and Utility

Book IV: The Agents of Production Land, Labour, Capital and Organization

Book Iv, Chapter II: The Fertility of Land

Book Iv, Chapter III: The Fertility of Land, Continued. the Tendency to Diminishing Return

Book Iv, Chapter Iv: The Growth of Population

Book Iv, Chapter V: The Health and Strength of the Population

Book Iv, Chapter VI: Industrial Training

Book Iv, Chapter VII: The Growth of Wealth

Book Iv, Chapter VIII: Industrial Organization

Book Iv, Chapter IX: Industrial Organization, Continued. Division of Labour. the Influence of Machinery

Book Iv, Chapter X: Industrial Organization, Continued. the Concentration of Specialized Industries in Particular Localities

Book Iv, Chapter XI: Industrial Organization, Continued. Production on a Large Scale

Book Iv, Chapter XII: Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management

Book Iv, Chapter XIII: Conclusion. Correlation of the Tendencies to Increasing and to Diminishing Return

Book V: General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value

Book V, Chapter II: Temporary Equilibrium of Demand and Supply

Book V, Chapter III: Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply

Book V, Chapter IV: The Investment and Distribution of Resources

Book V, Chapter V: Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, with Reference to Long and Short Periods

Book V, Chapter VI: Joint and Composite Demand. Joint and Composite Supply

Book V, Chapter VII

Editorial Appendix to Book V, Chapters I-Vii

Book V, Chapter VIII: Marginal Costs in Relation to Values. General Principles

Book V, Chapter IX: Marginal Costs in Relation to Values. General Principles, Continued

Book V, Chapter X: Marginal Costs in Relation to Agricultural Values

Book V, Chapter XI: Marginal Costs in Relation to Urban Values

Book V, Chapter XII: Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, with Reference to the Law of Increasing Return

Book V, Chapter XIII: Theory of Changes of Normal Demand and Supply in Relation to the Doctrine of Maximum Satisfaction

Book V, Chapter XIV: The Theory of Monopolies

Book V, Chapter XV: Summary of the General Theory of Equilibrium of Demand and Supply

Book VI: The Distribution of the National Income

Book Vi, Chapter II: Preliminary Survey of Distribution, Continued

Book Vi, Chapter III: Earnings of Labour

Book Vi, Chapter IV: Earnings of Labour, Continued

Book Vi, Chapter V: Earnings of Labour, Continued

Book Vi, Chapter Vi: Interest of Capital

Editorial Appendix to Book Vi, Ch. Vi

Book Vi, Chapter VII: Profits of Capital and Business Power

Editorial Appendix to Book Vi, Chapter VII

Book Vi, Chapter VIII Profits of Capital and Business Power, Continued

Editorial Appendix to Book Vi, Chapter VIII

Book Vi, Chapter IX: Rent of Land

Book Vi, Chapter X: Land Tenure

Book Vi, Chapter XI: General View of Distribution

Book Vi, Chapter XII: General Influences of Economic Progress

Book Vi, Chapter XIII: Progress in Relation to Standards of Life

Appendix A: The Growth of Free Industry and Enterprise

Appendix B: The Growth of Economic Science

Appendix C: The Scope and Method of Economics

Appendix D: Uses of Abstract Reasoning in Economics

Editorial Appendix to Appendix D

Appendix E: Definitions of Capital

Editorial Appendix to Appendix E

Appendix F: Barter

Appendix G: The Incidence of Local Rates, with Some Suggestions as to Policy

Appendix H: Limitations of the Use of Statical Assumptions in Regard to Increasing Return

Appendix I: Ricardo's Theory of Value

Appendix J: The Doctrine of the Wages-Fund

Editorial Appendix to Appendix J

Appendix K: Certain Kinds of Surplus

Appendix L: Ricardo's Doctrine as to Taxes and Improvements in Agriculture

Mathematical Appendix

Index
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Selected Papers on Economic Theory
by Erik Lindahl, Knut Wicksell. 294 pgs.

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: WICKSELL'S LIFE AND WORK1

I: TWO EARLY LECTURES

Ends and Means In Economics1

The Influence of the Rate Of Interest on Commodity Prices1

II: THEORY OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Marginal Productivity as The Basis of Distribution In Economics1

The 'Critical Point' in the Law Of Decreasing Agricultural Productivity1

III: ON THE WORK OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES

Vilfredo Pareto's: COURS D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIQUE

Vilfredo Pareto's: MANUEL D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIQUE1

BÖhm-Bawerk's Theory Of Capital1

Carl Menger1

The New Edition of Menger's GrundsÄtze1

Mathematical Economics1

IV: FOREIGN TRADE PROBLEMS

The Riddle of Foreign Exchanges1

Protection and Free Trade1

An Object-Lesson in The Tariff Question1

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Economic Theory and Method
by F. Zeuthen. 366 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

Figures

Part One: Method and Theories

Chapter 1: Aim of the Book

Chapter 3: Material and Method in Economics

Chapter 4: Use of Statistics and Mathematics

Chapter 5: Economics and Politics

Chapter 6: The Scope of Economics

Chapter 7: Different Types of Theories

Chapter 9: More About the Static Assumption

Part Two: Economic Life: A Network of Partial Interdependences

Chapter 10: The Economic Network

Chapter 12: Theoretical Reflections and Practical "Solutions" of the Equations

Chapter 13: A Miniature Model

Chapter 14: The Economic Circulation

Chapter 15: Different Technical Combinations Between Commodities and Productive Services

Chapter 16: Determining Elements Under Static Free Competition

Chapter 18: Extension of Assumptions

Chapter 19: Demand and Utility

Chapter 20: Production, Cost and Supply

Chapter 22: The Setting of the Problem of Distribution

Part Three: Dynamics

Chapter 23: Statics and Dynamics

Chapter 24: Limited Applicability of Static Theory

Chapter 26: Stability of Equilibrium

Chapter 27: Movement in Time. Increase. Acceleration

Chapter 28: Time-Consuming Processes. Lags

Chapter 29: Dynamic Systems of Equations

Chapter 30: Dynamization of Walras' Equations

Chapter 31: Index-Equations ("Macro-Dynamics")

Chapter 32: Uncertainty, Expectation, and Probability

Chapter 33: Plans

Chapter 36: The Cobweb Case

Chapter 37: Risk, Gain and Loss

Chapter 38: The Position of the Entrepreneur

Chapter 39: The Circular Flow

Chapter 41: Trade in Capital Values

Chapter 42: Employment, Interest and Money

Chapter 43 Types of Economic Variation

Chapter 44: Development, Structure and Causation

Part Four: Forms of Market and Structure of Society

Chapter 45: Introduction

Chapter 48: Between Monopoly and Competition

Chapter 50: A Collection of Theoretical Models

Chapter 52: Advertising and Other Non-Price Competition

Chapter 53: Quality Variations

Chapter 54: Several Prices and Several Products In the Same Firm

Chapter 55: Buyers' Monopoly -- Monopoly Of Productive Services

Chapter 57: Economic Warfare

Chapter 58: Dynamics and the Structure of the Market

Chapter 59: Aims and Behavior

Chapter 60: Collective Behavior

Chapter 63: Property and Power

Chapter 64: The Power of the State And the Structure of Society

Appendix: Literature in English by Authors From Northern Countries

Name Index

Subject Index

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