373 pages
Purchase Details
Hardback, 0-471-01317-X
Publication date: 1995

Balanced budget multiplier, Laffer curve, Clintonomics...terms like these keep cropping up in the media with ever greater frequency. And, as often as not, when you look them up, you get explanations that only a professional economist could decipher.

Now, the Dictionary of Economics makes the vocabulary of economics accessible to everyone. Written by lexicographers and financial experts Jae K. Shim and Joel G. Siegel, it supplies you with everything you need to acquire a solid working knowledge of these and many more economics-related terms, including:

Clear, detailed, jargon-free definitions, written in plain English
All important new terms and slang as well as traditional economics terminology
Loads of examples and applications drawn from the worlds of business, finance, and politics
Clear, easy-to-read diagrams, charts, graphs, and illustrations that make it easy to understand even the most complex economics concepts
A practical real-world focus geared to the needs of businesspeople and concerned consumers - not economists