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BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
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NEW
Economics

The Definitive Encyclopedia
from Theory to Practice

4 VOLUMES | DAVID A. DIETERLE, EDITOR

As the global economy becomes increasingly complex, interconnected,
and therefore relevant to each individual, in every country, it becomes
more important to be economically literate—to gain an understanding of
how things work beyond the microcosm of the economic needs of a single
individual or family unit. This expansive reference set serves to establish
basic economic literacy of students and researchers, providing more than 800
objective and factually driven entries on all the major themes and topics in
GREENWOOD economics.
March 2017, 2,168pp, 7x10 Written by leading scholars and practitioners, the set provides readers with
Print: 978-0-313-39707-3
$399.00, £307.00, €363.00 a framework for understanding economics as mentioned and debated in the
eBook: 978-0-313-39708-0 public forum and media. Each of the volumes includes coverage of important
events throughout economic history, biographies of the major economists
who have shaped the world of economics, and highlights of the legislative
S AMPLE T OPICS acts that have shaped the U.S. economy throughout history. The extensive
• Adam Smith explanations of major economic concepts combined with selected key
• Bretton Woods historical primary source documents and a glossary will endow readers with a
• Capitalism fuller comprehension of our economic world.
• Communism
FEATURES
• Culture and
Behavioral • Provides readers with a comprehensive one-stop reference source on the
Economics subject of economics that serves as an easy-to-read “textbook”
• Environmentalism • Presents more than 800 entries in four books that address economics
foundations, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and global economics as
• Ludwig von Mises
well as a glossary and a documents section
• North American • Spotlights the concepts, movements, events, people, organizations, places,
Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) and objects relevant to the study of economics at the macro, micro, and
global levels
• Private Property
• Includes excerpts from key court and legislative documents that influenced
the U.S. economy

DAVID A. DIETERLE, PhD, is
professor of economics at Walsh
College and lecturer in economics at
University of Michigan–Flint.

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