Economics for Dummies - Sean Masaki Flynn

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Résumé :

Introduction 1

Part1: Economics: The Science of How People Deal with Scarcity 5

Chapter 1: What Economics Is and Why You Should Care 7

Chapter 2: Cookies or Ice Cream? Exploring Consumer Choices 23

Chapter 3: Producing Stuff to Maximize Happiness 37

Part 2: Microeconomics: The Science of Consumer and Firm Behavior 59

Chapter 4: Supply and Demand Made Easy 61

Chapter 5: Introducing Homo Economicus, the Utility-Maximizing Consumer 87

Chapter 6: The Core of Capitalism: The Profit-Maximizing Firm 105

Chapter 7: Why Economists Love Free Markets and Competition 129

Chapter 8: Monopolies: Bad Behavior When Competition Is Lacking 155

Chapter 9: Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition: Middle Grounds 177

Part 3: Applying the Theories of Microeconomics 195

Chapter 10: Property Rights and Wrongs 197

Chapter 11: Asymmetric Information and Public Goods 209

Chapter 12: Internet Economics: Networks and Platforms 225

Chapter 13: Behavioral Economics: Investigating Irrationality 245

Part 4: Macroeconomics: The Science of Economic Growth and Stability 263

Chapter 14: How Economists Measure the Macroeconomy 265

Chapter 15: Inflation Frustration: Why More Money Isn't Always Good 285

Chapter 16: Understanding Why Recessions Happen 303

Chapter 17: Fighting Recessions with Monetary and Fiscal Policy 329

Chapter 18: Grasping Origins and Effects of Financial Crises 359

Part 5: The Part of Tens 369

Chapter 19: Ten Seductive Economic Fallacies 371

Chapter 20: Ten Economic Ideas to Hold Dear 379

Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) Super-Famous Economists 383

Chapter 22: Ten (Or So) Recent Nobel Laureates in Economics 391

Glossary 397

Index 405