TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harvey, Jack 
TI  -  Mastering economics
T2  - Macmillan master series
SN  - 9780333779248
U1  - 330 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Macmillan, 
KW  - Economics.
KW  - Great Britain -- Economic conditions
KW  -  Économie politique
N1  - Includes index; PART 1: INTRODUCTION.- Solving the Problem of Scarcity.- PART 2: PRIVATE-SECTOR PRODUCTION.- The Operation of the Market Economy.- Demand.- Supply (i) The Structure of Industry.- Supply (ii) Costs and Profitability.- PART 3: FACTORS OF PRODUCTION AND THEIR REWARD.- The Determination of Factor Rewards.- Labour and Wages.- Capital, Land and Entrepreneurship.- PART 4: THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.- Making the Most of Limited Resources.- Monopoly and Imperfect Competition.- The Provision of Goods and Services by the Public Sector.- PART 5: THE ENVIRONMENT.- Externalities and Cost-Benefit Analysis.- Protecting the Environment.- PART 6: MONEY AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.- Money and Financial Markets.- Clearing Banks.- The Bank of England.- ART 7: THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMY.- Outline of Government Management Policy.- Measuring the Level of Activity: National Income Calculations.- Unemployment.- The Level of Output and Aggregate Demand: the Keynesian Explanation.- The Relationship of the Price Level and the Level of Employment.- Government Policy to Control Inflation.- Balanced Regional Development.- Economic Growth.- Public Finance.- PART 8: INTERNATIONAL TRADE.- The Nature of International Trade.- Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.- Balance of Payments Stability.- The European Union
N2  - Completely revised and updated, this text takes the student through the strengths and weaknesses of the market economy, the role of the government in the economy and the UK's relationship with the European Union
ER  -