The undercover economist strikes back : how to run - or ruin - an economy by Harford, Tim, 1973- author instant download

The undercover economist strikes back : how to run - or ruin - an economy by Harford, Tim, 1973- author instant download

pages cm, A million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale, in our everyday lives. Since then, economics has become big news. Crises, austerity, riots, bonuses - all are in the headlines all the time. But how does this large-scale economic world really work? What would happen if we cancelled everyone's debt? How do you create a job? Will the BRIC countries take over the world? Asking - among many other things -- what the future holds for the Euro, why the banks are still paying record bonuses and where government borrowing will take us, in The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Tim Harford returns with his trademark clarity and wit to explain what's really going on - and what it means for us all, Includes bibliographical references and index, The economy: a user's manual -- The babysitting recession -- Money, money, money -- Just enough inflation -- Stimulus -- The prison-camp recession -- Output gaps -- The invention of unemployment -- Boss-o-nomics -- The sirens of macroecomomics -- The cult of GNP -- Happynomics -- Can growth continue for ever? -- Inequality -- The future of marcroeconomics