Everyday Economics: A User's Guide to the Modern Economy
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Economics -- 1.1 Introduction -- So what use is economics? -- The problems with economics -- 1.2 How economists deal with the individual in the economy -- The classical school of political economy -- The neoclassical school of economics -- Rethinking NCE: market failures, institutions, behaviourism and political economy -- Behave yourself -- What about politics? The return of political economy -- Conclusion: what we have learnt -- Notes -- 2 Knowledge is power -- Key questions -- Summary -- Main topics and theories covered -- 2.1 The economics of education -- Educate to accumulate -- Education for work rather than play: human capital theory -- 2.2 Education and growth: smarter and richer? -- 2.3 Schools and vocational training -- Training for the job: apprenticeships -- 2.4 Universities and innovation -- Conclusion: what we have learnt about the place of education and training in the economy -- Notes -- 3 Let's get busy -- Key questions -- Summary -- Main topics and theories covered -- 3.1 Introduction: why work? -- How work is changing -- The neoclassical view of work and employment -- Employees need employers -- Pay and rewards from work -- 3.2 Unemployment and the macroeconomics of labour markets -- Labour market flexibility -- 3.3 Labour market policies -- Minimum wages and anti-discrimination -- 3.4 The future of work: offshoring, the "winner takes all" society and automation -- Globalization and offshoring -- "Winner takes all" labour markets -- Automation -- Conclusion: what we have learnt -- Notes -- 4 Get well soon -- Key questions -- Summary -- Main topics and theories covered -- 4.1 Healthcare and risk pooling -- The basic economics of health and healthcare -- What is healthcare, and who should get it?.