A little history of economics. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Niall Kishtainy.
• Authors: Kishtainy, Niall
• Contents: Cool heads and warm hearts -- The soaring swans -- God's economy -- Going for gold -- Nature's bounty -- The invisible hand -- Corn meets iron -- An ideal world -- Too many mouths -- Workers of the world -- A perfect balance -- Shut out the sun -- The profits of war -- The noisy trumpeter -- Coke or pepsi? -- The man with a plan -- Flashing your cash -- Down the plughole -- Creative destruction -- The prisoners' dilemma -- The tyranny of government -- The big push -- The economics of everything -- Growing up -- Sweet harmony -- A world in two -- Fill up the bath -- Ruled by clowns -- Money illusion -- Future gazing -- Speculators on the attack -- Saving the underdog -- Knowing me, knowing you -- Broken promises -- Missing women -- Minds in fog -- Economics in the real world -- Bankers go wild -- Giants in the sky -- Why be an economist?
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 249 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 330.09; Economics; Economic history; Economists; Economics; Economics; Économie politique; Histoire économique; Économistes; economics; economists; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; Economic history; Economics; Economists; Ideengeschichte; Wirtschaftstheorie; Wirtschaft
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300226317; 0300226314
• Related ISBNs: 9780300206364; 0300206364
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.