Overview
Uses real life cases to demonstrate how various economic agents form a social network
Includes problem sets at the end of each chapter
Develops new tools for economic policy making
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About this book
This textbook introduces and develops new tools to understand the recent economic crisis and how desirable economic policies can be adopted. Gilles provides new institutional concepts for wealth creation, such as network economies, which are based on the social division of labour. This volume investigates the formation of networks and hierarchical authority organisations, with a focus on the role of trust. Gilles also looks at the theory of growth and development, using real world examples and problem sets to put into practice. This title is suitable reading for undergraduate, MSc and postgraduate students in microeconomic analysis, economic theory and political economy.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Robert P. Gilles is Professor of Economics at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has previously taught in the USA and the Netherlands. His research focuses on the economic theory of the social division of labour.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economic Wealth Creation and the Social Division of Labour
Book Subtitle: Volume I: Institutions and Trust
Authors: Robert P. Gilles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76397-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76396-5Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76397-2Published: 26 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 315
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, International Political Economy, Microeconomics, Institutional/Evolutionary Economics, Labor Economics, Economic Policy