Understanding the world economy

Cleaver, Tony, 1947-

Understanding the world economy [electronic resource] / Tony Cleaver. - 4th ed. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - xiv, 289 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203084441 (e-book : PDF)


International trade.
Economic development.
Debts, External.
Environmental economics.
Foreign exchange.


Electronic books.