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Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
Thomas Sowell
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Description for Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
Hardcover. Now revised and updated--the acclaimed companion volume to the hugely successful Basic Economics, by one of America's most revered economists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fifty percent larger than the first edition. It now includes a chapter on the economics of immigration and new sections of other chapters on such topics as the"creative” financing of home-buying that led to the current"subprime” mortgage crisis, the economics of organ transplants, and the political and economic incentives that lead to money earmarked for highways being diverted to mass transit and to a general neglect of infrastructure. On these and other topics, its examples are drawn from around the world. Much material in the first edition has been updated ... Read more
This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fifty percent larger than the first edition. It now includes a chapter on the economics of immigration and new sections of other chapters on such topics as the"creative” financing of home-buying that led to the current"subprime” mortgage crisis, the economics of organ transplants, and the political and economic incentives that lead to money earmarked for highways being diverted to mass transit and to a general neglect of infrastructure. On these and other topics, its examples are drawn from around the world. Much material in the first edition has been updated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465003457
SKU
V9780465003457
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About Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has published in both academic journals in such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine and Fortune, and writes a syndicated ... Read more
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