Economics Anti-Textbook

Rod Hill has taught at the University of Windsor, University of Regina and the University of New Brunswick, where he has been a Professor of Economics since 2003. He's a member of Economists for Peace and Security and the Progressive Economics Forum.Tony Myatt has taught at McMaster University, Western University, Nipissing University College, the University of Toronto, and the University of New Brunswick, where he has been Professor of Economics since 1992. He has developed several different introductory courses as vehicles for teaching principles of economics, including Economics of Everyday Life, Economics in the Real World, and Economics Through Film. Professor Myatt was the recipient of UNB's Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008.

Praise for the first edition: 'Melvern offers a vivid picture of the role of Western nations in abetting, ignoring and allowing Rwanda's genocide.' - New York Times Book Review 'Linda Melvern has written a compelling description of the most dramatic aspects of the genocide.' - Astri Suhrke, International Affairs 'Lifts the lid on the international community's failure to prevent the genocide. Outlines how the slaughter was aided and abetted by international indifference, loans and weapons deals' - Geoff Cumming, New Zealand News 'Quite extraordinary: precise, and yet overwhelming; a fine balance in the face of depravity... Linda Melvern has written an extraordinary account of the Rwanda genocide, and the shocking failure of the West to lift a finger... What Melvern demonstrates so powerfully is that where Western geopolitical interests are absent, Western morality and 'civilised' concerns are nowhere to be found ... A brave and compelling book.' - Richard Falk, Princeton University 'The best overall account of the background to the genocide, and the failure to prevent it...the investigation is hers, and hers alone. She discovered so much that we did not know.' - Lt-.General Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander, UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, (UNAMIR) 1994 'This is a devastating account of lies, deceit, complacency and tragic neglect... Linda Melvern deserves our thanks for investing so much in breaking the silence and revealing the truth.' - Glenys Kinnock, MEP FOR SECOND EDITION: 'A People Betrayed' is an important book by an important investigative journalist. It is thanks to the patience and dedication with which Linda Melvern works and her well earned international reputation for excellence in journalism, that she gained access to new, crucial information. Linda Melvern gets us closer to the truth and the truth gets us closer to a better world. Only when we know how and why genocide happens, can we hope to stop it from happening again. What an achievement! - Linda Polman, author of 'We Did Nothing - Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes In'.

• Introduction - Our Goals, Audience, and Principal Themes1. What is economics? Where you start influences where you go2. Introducing economic models3. How markets work (in an imaginary world)4. People as consumers5. The firm6. Market Structure and Efficiency - or why perfect competition isn't so perfect after all.Addendum - What about the efficiency of asset markets?7. Externalities and the ubiquity of market failure8. The marginal productivity theory of income distribution - or you're worth what you can get9. Government, taxation, and the (re)distribution of income: is a just society just too expensive?10. Trade and globalization without the rose-tinted glassesConclusionPostscript - A Case Study on the Global Financial Meltdown