Economics and economic change Book

MICROECONOMICS

PART I ARE WE LIVING THROUGH A NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

1. Living and Working in the ‘New Economy'

2. Information Technology: A New Era?

3. Innovation, Markets and Industrial Change

PART II HOW DO FIRMS COMPETE? MARKETS AND POLICY

4. Monopoly Power and Innovation

5. Competitive Markets

6. Strategic Competition: Conflict and Co-operation

PART III WHAT MAKES AN ECONOMY SUCCESSFUL? WORK, WELL-BEING AND THE STATE

7. The Labour Market

8. Welfare: From Income to Well-Being

9. The Economics of Governance

10. Health and Health Care: Markets, Ethics and Inequality

MACROECONOMICS

PART IV NATIONAL ECONOMIES

11. Economics and Economic Policy

12. The Circular Flow of Income, National Income and Money

13. Aggregate Demand

14. Investment and Capital Accumulation

PART V WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM GLOBALIZATION: THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY

15. International Trade and Production

16. Globalization, Inequality and Economic Growth

17. National Currencies and International Money Markets

PART VI LOOKING INTO THE LONG TERM: INVESTMENT, GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY

18. Unemployment and Inflation

19. Macroeconomic Performance and Stabilization

20. Environmental Sustainability