Economics for South African Students - Softcover

This title is an introduction to economics in general, set against a contemporary South African background. The practical examples make this publication extremely accessible. The title covers all the material usually prescribed for introductory courses, and it lays solid foundation for intermediate and advanced studies in economics. In this edition the analytical core of the popular first and second edition has been retained but the title has been updated and significantly expanded. More than 80 new diagrams, score of additional concepts and techniques and many new South African examples have been added. The result is a title that can serve both as a text and as a basic reference work on economics in general and on the South African economy in particular. The main features of the thirds edition includes a much more extensive treatment of monopoly and imperfect competition, with many SA examples; an almost totally new chapter on the labour market, incorporating features of the SA labour market; a new approach to the monetary sector, designed to explain the functioning of the money market and monetary policy in SA; a greatly expanded chapter on the foreign sector, incorporation trade