Reviews for Economics and Operational Research

The average rating for Economics and Operational Research based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-10 00:00:00 Jenny Lilley I've read this dictionary from beginning to end over the last week as one of the several ways I'm preparing for my Masters in Economics. It was worth the effort, even though several terms, especially those involving specific policies in the UK and the EU, are already outdated since a lot of thing went on since 1997. One of which are well-formed arguments against free trade and its effects in internal economies, especially on matters of income distribution (which at the time were completely overlooked because, well, just look up how Nobel laureates such as Robert Lucas dealt with "questions of distribution" and the like at the time). It's clear that the author is pushing for freer trade in the world while dismissing most, if not all objections. Same goes for leftist terms such as labour theory of value, Marxian economics, and central planning. Nevertheless, it provided me a good way to refresh my memory on common terms still used at large in the field. I'll likely use it in uni whenever I forget some of the most obscure terms still used by fellow economists to this day.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-29 00:00:00 Sergio Salas Black, J. (2003). A dictionary of economics. Oxford; New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Chris Brown Call Number: HB61 .B554 2003 This dictionary contains a vast amount of resources for anyone studying or pursuing economics. This dictionary would be useful in many places. In JCPS this dictionary would be useful at our schools that provide business training in the areas of finance, and entrepreneurship where students could learn the vocabulary and lingo to carry on a conversation with business leaders about the inner workings of a business from an economic point of view.