Understanding Business: Markets : A Multidimensional Approach to the Market Economy

How do markets work? This reader introduces the student to the workings of the market, explaining both the reasons for its success and its shortcomings. Throughout, the text encourages a critical approach demonstrating the diversity of market economies. In particular it explores:the social nature of market economiesthe range of approaches to the study of the market: Marxist, Austrian, Keynesian and institutional economics are discussed as alternatives to the neo-classical mainstreamthe differences between Anglo-American, European and Asian economic modelsthe historical development of marketsglobalisation: its extent and its impactthe costs and the benefits of marketsWith chapters by Will Hutton, John Gray and Eric Hobsbawm, this reader provides an excellent introduction.