Publisher's Synopsis
This book offers a complete introduction to economics for students with no previous knowledge of the subject. Economics is a subject with two broad aims - to provide students with a set of tools for solving problems; and to help them understand how economies work. Modern economics aims to satisfy both of these needs. Considerable emphasis is placed on providing students with a grasp of the whole subject so that they can appreciate its real significance. The style has been governed by the need to reflect the rigor of modern economics and to convey this to students as painlessly as possible. This means that mathematics has been kept to a minimum and the rigorous derivation of important economic ideas is demonstrated in terms of words, diagrams and numerical examples. It covers the full range of introductory topics in both microeconomics and macroeconomics.;Key features - extensive use of case studies to help students understand and apply the theoretical concepts; frequent summaries to improve and aid the student's comprehension of the subject; extensive glossary of key terms; multiple choice questions and exercises at the end of each chapter with answers at the end of the book; frequent data response questions to test understanding; chapters on special topics - green economics, development economics and Europe; supported by separate questions book backed by an instructor's manual; full coverage of the "A" level syllabus; two colour throughout.
