"Partha Dasgupta's Very Short Introduction to Economics is an up-to-date, intelligible introduction to how economics uncovers and explains the processes that shape our lives. Combining examples from everyday life with a global approach that considers not just the economics of the West but also the economics of the world's 2.4 billion rural poor, Dasgupta reveals how economics can give us deep insight into some of life's most formidable problems, and offer solutions to those problems too."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

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Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Preface	x
List of illustrations	xiii
List of tables	xiv
Prologue	1
1 Macroeconomic history	14
2 Trust	30
3 Communities	64
4 Markets	72
5 Science and Technology as institutions	90
6 Households and firms	100
7 Sustainable economic development	117
8 Social well-being and democratic government	139
Epilogue	158
Further reading	161
Index	163

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