Understanding Business: Markets : A Multidimensional Approach to the Market Economy (Hardcover)

Introduction Section 1: The Evolution of the Modern World Economy 1.The Global Economy, 1400-1800 AD 2.The British Industrial Revolution E. Hobsbawm Section 2: Economic Agents V. Suneja 3.Households J. Wheelock 4.More on Consumer Demand B. Atkinson and R. Miller 5.Organisations N. Costello Section 3 : How Markets Work 6.Competition and Power in Markets V. Brown Section 4 : Market Failure 7.When Markets Fail J. Sloman and M. Sutcliffe Section 5 : The Global Market 8.International Trade J. Sloman and M. Sutcliffe 9.Protectionism and Industrialisation: an Historical Perspective P. Bairoch 10.Multinational Corporations, 11.Globalisation in the Age of Empire E. Hobsbawm Section 6 : Markets: Good Servants, Bad Masters? 12.The Diversity of Capitalisms W. Hutton 13.Capitalism and Global Free Markets J. Gray 14.Why did East Asia Grow so Fast? A. Singh.