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Interest in economics is at an all-time high. Among the challenges facing the nation is an economy with rapidly rising unemployment, failures of major businesses and industries, and continued dependence on oil with its wildly fluctuating price. Economists have dealt with such questions for generations, but they have taken on new meaning and significance.Tackling these questions and encompassing analysis of traditional economic theory and topics as well as those that economists have only more recently addressed, 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook is a must-have reference resource.Key FeaturesProvides highly readable summaries of theory and models in key areas of micro and macroeconomics, helpful for students trying to get a "big picture" sense of the fieldIncludes introductions to relevant theory as well as empirical evidence, useful for readers interested in learning about economic analysis of an issue as well for students embarking on research projectsFeatures chapters focused on cutting-edge topics with appeal for economists seeking to learn about extensions of analysis into new areas as well as new approaches Presents models in graphical format and summarizes empirical evidence in ways that do not require much background in statistics or econometrics, so as to maximize accessibility to students.
East Asian Economies
East Asian Economies
Over the past 50 years, the economies of East Asia have attracted intense attention because of their rapid growth, which transformed them from relatively poor countries lacking modern technology to economic powerhouses with dynamic export-oriented industries and living standards similar to those in the richest countries of the Western world. Because of their rapid development, they have been referred to as “Asian miracles,” which is justifiable especially if their transition is compared to the experiences of other countries. Initially, many East Asian economies were not very different from underdeveloped African countries in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, but their phenomenal growth enabled them to surpass the relatively wealthy South American economies and get close to the living ...
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