Economics Today – serie

Investigating Social Issues uses economic theory to analyse real events and problems and to evaluate different solutions. It stresses the importance of value judgements and demonstrates how one person's success can be another's disaster. Newspaper cuttings have been used as an integral part of the text to highlight the causes, effects and solutions to these issues and problems. The topics covered include health, education, transport, income distribution, inner cities, regional policy, housing and the environment.

The Economic Question is the core book of the Economics Today series. It identifies the main headline issues, introduces the major areas of economics and demonstrates the problem-solving approach. The book provides a beginner's guide to the subject matter and methods of economics and is suitable for those considering or just starting its study, concentrating on approach rather than technical content in order to introduce the reader to the nature of economics.

The Challenge of British Management confronts three big questions: What is Management all about?, What is British Management, in particular, like?, How good is it? An understanding of British Management requires a knowledge of Management in general and familiarity with the experience and best practice of other countries. The authors are well qualified to offer this perspective and to assess the achievement of corporate excellence by British Management.

The issues of growth performance and structural change are critical to an appreciation of British economic development. This new text reviews Britain's growth performance and considers the changing structure of the economy. It also incorporates a discussion of the controversial political issues in this sphere: disindustrialisation, North Sea oil and the environmental cost of economic growth. Against this background, the book analysis the evolution of supply-side policy in the post war years, and speculates on its likely development in the 21st century.

This is a fully revised and updated edition of S.F. Goodman's popular book The European Community. Retitled to reflect recent changes, the book includes discussion of the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference to review the working of the Maastricht Treaty and prepare for the next stage of monetary union. The book applies economic theory in a clear, direct manner to major areas of interest such as foreign exchange markets, agriculture, trade, money and the ERM.