Principles of Economics Arab World Edition

Auteur
N. Gregory Mankiw is Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. As a student, he studied economics at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a teacher, he has taught macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics and principles of economics. Professor Mankiw is a prolific writer and a regular participant in academic and policy debates. His work has been published in scholarly journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy and Quarterly Journal of Economics. In addition to his teaching, research and writing, Professor Mankiw has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an advisor to the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and New York, and the Congressional Budget Office. From 2003 to 2005 he served as chairman of the US President's Council of Economic Advisors. Mohamed H Rashwan is an Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at the British University in Egypt (BUE) and a Fulbright alumnus of the University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business. Dr. Rashwan is the Head of the Business Department and the elected staff member to represent the faculty at the University Senate. Before joining the BUE, Dr. Rashwan worked for Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. He was also the academic coordinator for the Master of Arts in Islamic Economics and Wealth Management provided by the Institute for Islamic World Studies (IIWS). Dr. Rashwan has taught several courses in the field of economics, finance and investment at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He is a regular contributor to academic and policy debates in economics and finance, with a special focus on investment and corporate finance. In addition to his teaching, research and writing, Dr. Rashwan has been a consultant in the field of corporate and Islamic finance for more than 16 years.Andrew Ashwin is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Lincoln where he teaches on MBA and MSc courses in leadership and commercial and operations management. He has an MBA from the University of Hull, UK, and a PhD from the University of Leicester, UK. Andrew is an experienced author writing a number of texts on economics and business for students at different levels and publications related to his PhD research. Andrew was Chair of Examiners for a major awarding body in England and Wales for Business Economics and is a former editor of the Economics, Business and Enterprise Association (EBEA) journal. Andrew is also a subject expert for economics to the qualifications regulator in England and Wales and is a Chartered Educational Assessor and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors.

Texte du rabat
The Arab World edition of N. Gregory Mankiw's Principles of Economics is essential reading for economics students in the Middle East and those with an interest in Islamic finance. Using Mankiw's classic ten principles approach to economics, the book provides students with a framework for understanding the economy of the world they live in. Written in an engaging and accessible style and designed to encourage students to think like an economist, the text equips them to engage confidently and critically with theories and principles of economics. Following on from the successful fourth edition, this text contains updated case studies, news articles and features that focus on the Arab world and current global challenges. This fifth edition is also available as a MindTap, a fully interactive learning platform with an interactive eReader, assessment questions, revision aids and engaging multimedia to explain key concepts and further case studies. It also provides analytics to help you keep track of students' progress.

Contenu
Part One: Introduction 1. Ten principles of economics 2. Thinking like an economist 3. Interdependence and the gains from trade Part Two: How markets work 4. The market forces of supply and demand 5. Elasticity and its applications 6. Supply, demand and government policies Part Three: Markets and welfare 7. Consumers, producers and the efficiency of markets 8. Application: The costs of taxation 9. Application: International trade Part Four: The economics of the public sector 10. Externalities 11. Public goods and common resources 12. The design of the tax system Part 5: Firm behavior and the organization of industry 13. The costs of production 14. Firms in competitive markets 15. Monopoly 16. Monopolistic competition 17. Oligopoly Part 6: The economics of labor markets 18. The markets for the factors of production 19. Earnings and discrimination 20. Income inequality and poverty Part 7: Topics for further study 21. The theory of consumer choice 22. Frontiers of microeconomics Part 8: The data of macroeconomics 23. Measuring a nation's income 24. Measuring the cost of living Part 9: The real economy in the long run 25. Production and growth 26. Saving, investment and the financial system 27. The basic tools of finance 28. Islamic finance 29. Unemployment Part 10: Money and prices in the long run 30. The monetary system 31. Money growth and inflation Part 11: The macroeconomics of open economies 32. Open-economy macroeconomics: Basic concepts 33. A macroeconomic theory of the open economy Part 12: Short-run economic fluctuations 34. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply 35. The influence of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand 36. The short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment Part 13: Final thoughts 37.Six debates over macroeconomic policy