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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824213203321

Autore

Dasgupta Partha

Titolo

Economics : a very short introduction / / Partha Dasgupta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14702-8

0-19-151805-0

1-4294-7005-4

9786611147020

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 156

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Macroeconomic history -- Trust -- Communities -- Markets -- Science and technology as institutions -- Households and firms -- Sustainable economic development -- Social well-being and democratic government.

Sommario/riassunto

Partha Dasgupta demonstrates the empirical foundation of good economics and its concern with questions of direct relevance to every day life. She considers the population problem, examining individual choices and national policy and introduces other concepts such as efficiency, sustainability and property rights.