An Introduction to the UK Economy, now in its fifth edition, offers students an authoritative, straightforward introduction to the salient features of the modern British economy. Generously illustrated, this text is intellectually accessible to beginning students of economics at a wide range of levels, from GCSE and A-level study through beginning economics courses and professional examinations.
The fifth edition focuses on Britain's role in the world economy, and includes updated material on:
Regulation
Social policy
Inflation
Foreign direct investment
Transnational corporations
Transport infrastructure
Health service provision
Pensions
The environment
The Euro
Central Bank independence
Technical change
Housing
Higher education
World trade
Manufacturing and the "weightless economy"
Regional policy
Each chapter ends with a selection of questions and exercises designed to encourage students to collect, present, and interpret simple statistical and other data from easily accessible sources.