Understanding the World Economy / Edition 4

by Tony Cleaver

Overview

This fourth edition of Understanding the World Economy will continue to provide the reader with the clearest guide available to the global economic scene.

Since the last edition was published in 2006, enormous changes have taken place. The world economy has been in upheaval with the biggest financial crash and ensuing recession since the 1930s; with a global re-ordering of economic power relations; with widespread demonstrations by those left behind; with divergent views about where Europe is heading; with a growing scarcity of essential resources; with increasing international terrorism and with increasing concerns of environmental degradation and climate change. To embrace such urgent issues, this text is an almost entirely rewritten version of earlier editions.

Tony Cleaver takes a long look at the evolution of market systems and how they have liberated peoples on one side of the globe and yet driven others into debt, depression and despair. He analyses causes and consequences, and discusses (and sometimes dismisses) economic theories.

Topics covered include:

• Why crashes occur
• What causes some countries to grow and others to stagnate
• Whether the Euro can survive
• The economic underpinnings of terrorism
• The dangers of climate change

This book takes the student through the major characteristics of the global economy in jargon-free non-technical language. Chapter summary diagrams and a wealth of boxes and tables make this an essential introduction for undergraduates and A-level students, as well as the casual reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415681315
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

Tony Cleaver is Visiting Lecturer at the Universidad de los Andes and at Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the author of Economics: The Basics, also published by Routledge.

Table of Contents

1. Going to Market 2. Market Failure and the Great Debate 3. Unemployment and Inflation 4. Free Trade, Regional Agreements and Job Losses 5. The Trade in Primary Resources – Blessing or curse? 6. Customs Unions and Common Markets 7. Money, Banking and International Finance 8. Exchange Rates and Currency Union 9. Financial Crises, Sovereign Debt and Future Reform 10. Economic Development, Growth and Inequality 11. The Economics of Terrorism 12. Environmental Economics: Sustaining spaceship Earth 13. Conclusion: What future awaits us in the twenty-first century and beyond?

Editorial Reviews

An account of how the world economy is changing. Argues that as trade and finance become increasingly globalized, a worldwide perspective will become vital to economists. The range of topics covered includes international trade and finance, economic development and growth, foreign debt, environmental economics, exchange rates, and currency union. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'Students would probably depend rather heavily on a short, approachable text like this.' - Ivan Weir, University of Newcastle, UK

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