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035			_a(OCoLC)873007676 _z(OCoLC)896828366 _z(OCoLC)911138039
037			_bPerseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 _nSAN 631-760X
050	0	0	_aHB171 _b.S713 2015
082	0	0	_a330 _222
092			_a330 _bSO731b
100	1		_aSowell, Thomas, _d1930-
245	1	0	_aBASIC ECONOMICS : _ba Common Sense Guide to the Economy / _cTHOMAS SOWELL.
250			_aFifth edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBASIC Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2015]
300			_aix, 689 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aWhat is economics? -- pt. I. Prices and markets : The role of prices ; Price controls ; An overview of prices -- pt. II. Industry and commerce : The rise and fall of businesses ; The role of profits--and losses ; The economics of big business ; Regulation and anti-trust laws ; Market and non-market economies -- pt. III. Work and pay : Productivity and pay ; Minimum wage laws ; Special problems in labor markets -- pt. IV. Time and risk : Investment ; Stocks, bonds and insurance ; Special problems of time and risk -- pt. V. The national economy : National output ; Money and the banking system ; Government functions ; Government finance ; Special problems in the national economy -- pt. VI. The international economy : International trade ; International transfers of wealth ; International disparities in wealth -- pt. VII. Special economic issues : Myths about markets ; "Non-economic" values ; The history of economics ; Parting thoughts.
520			_aA presentation of economics in plain, straightforward language, without the jargon, graphs, or equations that dominate most other economic writings. This book is aimed at people with no previous study of the subject, namely the general public and beginning students in economics. Basic Economics illustrates economic principles with vivid examples from countries around the world, to make those principles memorable in a way that technical jargon or mathematical presentations may not. The fifth edition includes a new chapter on the reasons for large differences of income and wealth between nations. It also examines some popular explanations of these differences that will not stand up under scrutiny. This chapter, and the chapter on the history of economics itself, give the beginning student a larger context for understanding the role of economics.--Publisher information.
650		0	_aEconomics.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions.
650		7	_aEconomic history. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00901974
650		7	_aEconomics. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00902116
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
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