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Summary:

Abstract: From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to the top economic thought leaders of today, The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work. Easy-to-follow graphics, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text throw light on the applications of economics, making them relatable through everyday examples and concerns. Employing DK's trademark visual approach, The Economics Book takes a frequently confusing subject and makes sense of it, clearly highlighting both historically important and emerging ideas in this critical field of science.

Table of Contents:

• Let the trading begin: 400 BCE-1770 CE
• The age of reason: 1770-1820
• Industrial and economic revolutions: 1820-1929
• War and depressions: 1929-1945
• Post-war economics: 1945-70
• Contemporary economics: 1970-present.

Contributors:

Abbot, George

Kishtainy, Niall

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Economists

Economic history

Economics

General Notes:

Description based on title page of print version.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 entries) : 443 images.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HB71 .E2683 2012eb

ISBNs:

0756698278 (print) [Invalid]
9780756698270 (print) [Invalid]
9781782683537 (online)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2011279835 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

841495294

Other Control Numbers:

slc00232021 (source: CaBNVSL)
dkeconbook2012 (source: Credo)
[Unknown Type]: Credo9781782683537