The cartoon introduction to Economics : volume one: microeconomics /

Klein, Grady

The cartoon introduction to Economics : volume one: microeconomics / by Grady Klein and Yoram Bauman. - New York : Hill and Wang, c2010. - 211 pages. 26 cm - Novel graphics .

v. 1. Microeconomics -- v. 2. Macroeconomics..

Award-winning illustrator Klein has paired up with the economist Bauman to create a clear and humorous introduction to microeconomics. Topics such as supply and demand, decision trees, taxes, auctions, risk investment, game theory, Pareto efficiency, Pareto improvement, marginal analysis, and price elasticity are presented v. 1. Microeconomics. pt. 1. The optimizing individual. Introduction -- Decision trees -- Time -- Risk -- From one to some -- pt. 2. Strategic interactions. Cake cutting -- Pareto efficiency -- Simultaneous-move games -- Auctions -- From some to many -- pt. 3. Market interactions. Supply and demand -- Taxes -- Margins -- Elasticity -- The big picture -- Conclusion v. 2. Macroeconomics. pt. 1. A single macroeconomy. Introduction -- Unemployment -- Money -- Inflation -- Gross domestic product (GDP) -- The role of government -- pt. 2. International trade. Trade and technology -- The classical view of trade -- Complications -- Foreign aid -- Foreign currencies -- pt. 3. Global macroeconomics. The end of the business cycle? -- The end of poverty? -- The end of Planet Earth? -- The end of youth? -- The end Award-winning illustrator Klein has paired up with the economist Bauman to create a clear and humorous introduction to microeconomics. Topics such as supply and demand, decision trees, taxes, auctions, risk investment, game theory, Pareto efficiency, Pareto improvement, marginal analysis, and price elasticity are presented

0809094819 (v. 1 : pbk.) 9780809094813 (v. 1 : pbk.) 0809033615 (v. 2 : pbk.) 9780809033614 (v. 2 : pbk.)

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Economics--Comic books, strips, etc
Microeconomics--Comic books, strips, etc
Macroeconomics--Comic books, strips, etc
Wirtschaftstheorie
Humor




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