The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics - Softcover

Gorman, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592579817 ISBN 13: 9781592579815

Publisher: Alpha Books, 2011

Synopsis

Dollars and sense.

For both general readers and students, The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Economics, Second Edition clearly explains macroeconomics and microeconomics, covering the dynamics of the markets, consumer behavior, business, budgets and taxation, recession and expansion, unemployment and inflation, fiscal policy, and international trade. This user-friendly second edition also discusses depression, wartime economics, and situational economics such as healthcare and energy.

? With the economy topping the headlines every day, the timing is right for a second edition

? Will appeal to anyone getting an MBA or taking economics courses, as well as general readers who want to learn about economics in terms they can understand

About this title

About the Authors

Tom Gorman is a business book author and collaborator. He holds an MBA from NYU and is former director of editorial services at DRI/McGraw-Hill, where he edited the monthly Forecast of the US Economy. He’s the author or editor of hundreds of articles, analyses, white papers, and speeches and the author of the DRI chief economist’s statement before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, along with The Complete Idiot’s Guide to MBA Basics, Second Edition, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Economics.

 

Tom Gorman is a full-time business-book author and collaborator and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to MBA BAsics, Third Edition, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Great Recession. He holds an MBA from New York University and is former director of editorial services at DRI/McGraw-Hill (now IHS Global Insight), the world's largest and oldest economic forecasting and consulting firm, where he edited the Monthly Forecast of the U.S. Economy. He has been the author or editor of hundreds of articles, analyses, white papers, and speeches while at DRI and assisted DRI's chief economist in preparing his testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.

Tom Gorman is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to MBA Basics. He holds an MBA from NYU and is former director of editorial services at DRI/McGraw Hill, the world's oldest and largest economic forecasting and consulting firm, where he edited the Monthly Forecast of the U.S. Economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592579817
• ISBN 13: 9781592579815
• Binding: Tapa blanda
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 414