The Penguin Dictionary of Economics

Oct 4, 2024 1:17 PM

Author:Graham Bannock,Ronald Eric Baxter

The Penguin Dictionary of Economics explains a host of economic terms, from acceleration principle to venture capital, Euro to X-efficiency, globalisation to zero-sum game. The eighth edition has been fully revised and updated to include those terms that have become so familiar since the global recession begun ('quantitative easing' and 'sub-prime' among them), but whose meanings escape most of us. Wide-ranging and accessible, this detailed practical and international guide will be indispensable for students of economics and professionals (in business, finance or the public sector), and for anyone wishing to follow economic discussions in the media today.

Reviews

Damning data and persuasive arguments that should set some Communist knees a-knocking

—— Kirkus

Gorgeous, lyrical and whimsical

—— Time

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—— Time Out

By book's end, I felt that I had travelled to all fifty islands

—— Washington Post

Anyone who opens this ... is likely to get as lost as Robinson Crusoe

—— Die Zeit

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—— Justin Webb , The Times

Thoughtful, well-structured, intelligent and well-informed

—— Conor Gearty , Irish Times

Intelligent and insightful book on conflict resolution

—— Andrew Lynch , Sunday Business Post

[An] absorbing and authoritative study

—— Michael Ignatieff , Sunday Times

Collini writes beautifully

—— Chris Patten , Financial Times

Collini puts his finger on the nub of the problem facing universities. Collini's book is a must-read

—— AC Grayling , Literary Review

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