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Sex, Drugs, & Economics
Diane Coyle
其他書名
An Unconventional Introduction to Economics
出版Thomson Texere, 2004
主題Business & Economics / Careers / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Economics / GeneralEducation / Professional Development
ISBN15879918299781587991820
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=trS9QgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In this work, Diane Coyle explores a range of popular headline issues and uses economic analysis to show why many decisions, good and bad, come down to a question of money or politics. It is rare that an economist has the courage and aptitude to take a studied look at real world issues and to lay out the advantages and disadvantages of current policies. Coyle takes these potentially confusing and politically rife issues and makes them straightforward, thereby educating the reader in an entertaining and sophisticated manner. Coyle uses humour and irony to explain the issues. Who else could draw a link between Japanese teenage fashion and the country's long standing liquidity trap; or how sunspots can determine whether we will have a financial crisis on earth; or how pork belly futures depend on the weather and pigs' amorous intentions? Throughout the book, Diane Coyle highlights the fact that above all, economics is a social science, and one that affects us all.