Global Economic Issues and Policies

Description

This introduction to all aspects of international economics, business and finance is the clearest guide available to the economics of the world we live in. Written in a highly engaging style, packed full of up to the minute, real world case studies and pitched at introductory level, the book does an expert job of drawing students in and will leave them equipped with a comprehensive toolkit and methods and essential facts.

Contents

Unit 1: Introduction to the Global Economy 1. Understanding the Global Economy 2. Comparative Advantage: How Nations Can Gain from International Trade Unit 2: International Trade: Enduring Issues 3. Sources of Comparative Advantage 4. Regulating International Trade: Trade Policies and their Effects 5. Regionalism and Multilateralism Unit 3: International Finance: Enduring Issues 6. Balance of Payments and Foreign Exchange Markets 7. Exchange Rate Systems: Past to Present 8. The Power of Arbitrage: Purchasing Power and Interets Rate Parities 9. Global Money and Banking: Where Central Banks Fit into the World Economy Unit 4: Contemporary Global Economic Policies and Issues 10. Contemporary Global Economic Issues and Policies 11. Economic Development 12. Industrial Structure and Trade in the Global Economy: Businesses without Borders 13. The Public Sector in the Global Economy 14. Dealing with Financial Crises: Does the World Need International Financial Architecture

Author Bio

Joseph P. Daniels is Professor of Economics at Marquette University, USA. He iadn his co-author David VanHoose are also the co-authors of International Monetary and Financial Economics with Economic Applications (2004).

David VanHoose is Professor of Economics at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University, Texas, USA. He was previously Editor for Monetary Economics with the Journal of Economics and Business. He is the author of E-Commerce Economics, also published by Routledge.

Related Subjects

1. International Economics
2. International Finance
3. International Trade (incl. trade agreements & tariffs)
4. International Political Economy
5. International Politics