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Economics Through Stories: Economic Analysis and Policy Formation For Our World Today
Economics Through Stories Economic Analysis and Policy Formation For Our World Today Author:Gavin Peebles This work introduces to the general reader elements of economic analysis and policy formation through the medium of stories. Some of these stories are current events reported in the press or presented in Economics textbooks or journals. Others are to be found in novels, films, plays or comic books. The inte... more »ntion is to encourage readers to assemble stories that illustrate economic arguments and to bring a strong empirical element into any economic or policy discussion. Although topics covered include those of basic microeconomics such as demand and pricing, consumer surplus, price discrimination, opportunity and sunk costs and trade, they also include externalities and the economics of a common resource. This takes us into stories of pollution, overexploitation, climate change and possible policies and the future of our world.« less