TY - BOOK AU - CORE team TI - The Economy SN - 9780198810247 U1 - 330 PY - 2017/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Economics KW - International economic relations KW - Economics--Study and teaching N1 - 1. The capitalist revolution -- 2. Technology, population, and growth -- 3. Scarcity, work, and choice -- 4. Social interactions -- 5. Property and power: mutual gains and conflict -- 6. The firm: owners, managers, and employees -- 7. The firm and its customers -- 8. Supply and demand: price-taking and competitive markets -- 9. The labour market: wages, profits, and unemployment -- 10. Banks, money, and the credit market -- 11. Rent-seeking, price-setting, and market dynamics -- 12. Markets, efficiency, and public policy -- 13. Economic fluctuations and unemployment -- 14. Unemployment and fiscal policy -- 15. Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy -- 16. Technological progress, employment, and living standards in the long run -- 17. Capstone: the great depression, golden age, and global financial crisis -- 18. Capstone: the nation and the world economy -- 19. Capstone: economic inequality -- 20. Capstone: economics of the environment -- 21. Capstone: innovation, information, and the networked economy -- 22. Capstone: economics, politics, and public policy N2 - This introductory economics text equips students to address today's pressing problems by mastering the conceptual and quantitative tools of contemporary economics ER -