{"product_id":"political-economy-paperback-softback-9780631233343","title":"Political Economy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631233343","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitical Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Usher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631233343, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 August 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.794 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The field of political economy has made a full comeback into the center of economic analysis. Dan Usher's very readable text demonstrates the power of political economy analysis to address questions in welfare economics, political behavior, public administration, and legal arrangements. His conclusion, like that of the great political economists from David Hume and Adam Smith to F. A. Hayek and James Buchanan is that a market economy with private ownership in the means of production, a political system based on majority-rule voting, a rule-bound public administration, and an independent judiciary are the mutually reinforcing ingredients to a good society. Usher's text is a welcomed addition to literature in modern political economy.\" \u003ci\u003ePeter J. Boettke, George Mason University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking introduction to economics exposes readers to the workings of the market in a democratic state. The text explains basic economic concepts from a political perspective: how the price mechanism substitutes for central authority in determining production and allocation of goods; the use of demand and supply curves to trace the impacts of tariffs, taxes, subsidies, quotas and patents; and the redistribution of income. Additionally the text explores political topics from an economic perspective, including the avoidance of anarchy and despotism; and the mutual dependence of markets, voting, public administration and law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRelies largely on stories and paradigms to convey important economic concepts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains basic economic concepts from a political perspective and explores political topics from an economic perspective.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers topics such as the price mechanism, demand and supply curves, redistribution of income, anarchy, voting and public administration.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. How Dreadful Life Used to Be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Making and Taking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Taste, Technology and Markets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Putting Demand and Supply Curves to Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Taste.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Associations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Common Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Voting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Administration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Four Pillars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406449864984,"sku":"9780631233343","price":44.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631233343.jpg?v=1784138107","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/political-economy-paperback-softback-9780631233343","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}