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Essentials of Economics, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (March 6, 2023) © 2023

  • John Sloman University of Bristol
  • Dean Garratt Aston Business School

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An accessible introduction to the key principles of economics, exploring real-life issues facing the economy today.

The new edition has been thoroughly updated to include insights and analysis into global problems such as the climate emergency, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and how economic thinking and government policies might be applied to address them.

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  • 36 'key ideas', highlighted and explained when they first appear, provide a ‘toolkit' for your students, showing how these ideas can be used in a variety of contexts and helping them relate different parts of the subject together.
  • 15 'Threshold Concepts' are highlighted in the text. Understanding and being able to use these concepts, such as opportunity cost, helps your students think like economists.
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Preface

Student and lecturer resources

Acknowledgements

Publisher's acknowledgements

Part A INTRODUCTION

  1. Economic issues

Part B MICROECONOMICS

  1. Markets, demand and supply
  2. Markets in action
  3. The demand decision
  4. The supply decision
  5. Market structures
  6. Wages and the distribution of income
  7. Market failures and government policy

Part C MACROECONOMICS

  1. Aggregate demand and the business cycle
  2. Aggregate supply and economic growth
  3. The financial system, money and interest rates
  4. Output, unemployment and inflation
  5. Macroeconomic policy

Part D INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

  1. Globalisation and international trade
  2. Balance of payments and exchange rates

Websites appendix

Key ideas and glossary

Index

John Sloman was Director of the Economics Network from its foundation in 1999 until 2012, and is now Visiting Fellow at the University of Bristol where the Network is based. John is also Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Dean Garratt is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston Business School and Associate of the Economics Network. Dean was also an Academic Assessor for Government Economics Service and a tutor on HM Treasury's Graduate Development Programme.

Discover more on our Sloman Economics news site.

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