As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, new pressures are being brought to bear on the US economy and these are spreading through the entire international economy. This book introduces the contemporary US economy in the light of these changing events. Num Pages: 392 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 46 black & white tables, 16 black & white halftones, 84. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 706. . 2012. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: An Introduction to Capitalism
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415779081
ISBN 13: 9780415779081
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Embedded in an historical account of the development of U.S. capitalism up to the present day, this book gives the reader a thorough description of the major aspects of the U.S. economy, as well as a theoretical understanding of the overall economy. A particular focus of this book is how free markets work in capitalism and the interrelationship between markets and the government. Of particular interest in the current economic situation is the question of what can the government do to get the economy going again.

Underlying the standard economics text today is the fundamental belief that leaving markets as free as possible will lead to the ideal economy. Directly opposing this approach, this book takes a critical stance toward free markets. Rather than viewing markets as the ideal solution to almost all economic problems, this book argues that markets are not always the answer. On the contrary, they are often the problem, and must be corrected by government action. Related to this critical stance, and in a further departure from current economics texts, this book takes an explicitly Keynesian approach to the macro-economy. Rejecting the free market approach which dominates both micro- and macro-economics today, this book offers a fresh perspective on economics and the economy today.

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Paul Swanson is Associate Professor of Economics at William Paterson University, USA

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