Textbook
Invitation to Economics: Understanding Argument and PolicyISBN: 978-1-4051-8358-1
Hardcover
352 pages
January 2009, ©2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A unique and critical guide to understanding economic arguments
in the media
- Focuses on microeconomics, specifically on the idea that
economic policies often have important indirect effects
- Key ideas are applied repeatedly in numerous case studies drawn
from newspapers and other media
- Economic principles are presented in an accessible and
non-rigorous format using case studies
- Incorporates the value judgments and political judgments that
underlie economic policies
- Economic discussions are often placed in an ethical, political, or sociological context