Economic Theory

Economic TheoryThis is a single license Digital eBook PDF File that is downloadable, and password protected eBook Description The book describes the evolution of economic theory, considering historical, political, and scientific perspectives. It discusses economic concepts and the formation of economics as a discipline since the feudal system, passing through the formation of the State, until the present. The main economic concepts are presented, including

eBook Description

The book describes the evolution of economic theory, considering historical, political, and scientific perspectives. It discusses economic concepts and the formation of economics as a discipline since the feudal system, passing through the formation of the State, until the present. The main economic concepts are presented, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, privatization, taxes, tariffs, the concept of currencies, stock markets, international transactions, and economic policies. The book contains a complete glossary of economic terms to help the reader.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. List of Figures
3. 1 The Universe of Economics
4. 1 Introduction
5. 2 The World of Economics
6. 3 The Economic Universe
7. 4 The Density of Wealth
8. 5 Singularities in Communications
9. 6 Singular Wealth
10. 7 In the End it will be Chaos
11. 8 When Light Bowed to Ceará
12. 2 History of the Economic Formation
13. 1 Introduction
14. 2 The Ancient Feudal System and the Formation of the State
15. 3 The End of the Feudal System and the Start of Democracy
16. 4 The Development of the Post Feudal Economy
17. 5 The Current Feudal System
18. 6 About Tulips and Virtual Currency
19. 3 On Capitalism
20. 1 Introduction
21. 2 Capitalism for Beginners
22. 3 Economic Determinism and Wealth and Income Distribution
23. 4 Virtual Companies Exploit the Real Work of Users
24. 5 Virtual Companies Violate Classic Economics
25. 6 How the Money of Private Companies Leave the Country
26. 7 Corruption is Endemic in the Private
27. 8 Tricks for Avoiding Taxes
28. 4 The Main Concepts in Economics
29. 1 Introduction
30. 2 Definitions Associated with Economics
31. 2.1 Macroeconomics
32. 2.2 Microeconomics
33. 2.3 Econometrics
34. 3 Activities of Economic Nature
35. 4 Economic Conditions
36. 5 Economic Sectors
37. 6 Utility and Value
38. 7 Productive Economic Activity
39. 5 Basic Mathematical Analysis
40. 1 Basic Concepts in Economy
41. 2 Demand Curves
42. 3 Supply Curves
43. 4 Average and Marginal Costs
44. 5 Market Equilibrium
45. 6 Simple and Compound Interests
46. 7 Income Distribution
47. 8 Consumption and Savings
48. 9 Model for the Future Price of Stock
49. 6 Microeconomics
50. 1 Introduction
51. 2 The Concept of Microeconomics
52. 2.1 The Consumer and the Demand Curve
53. 2.2 The Company and the Supply Curve
54. 2.3 Production and the Cost Curve
55. 3 Costs Associated to Managing Companies
56. 4 Definitions Associated to the Capital of a Company
57. 5 Company Accounting
58. 6 Business Companies
59. 7 Operations in the Stock Market
60. 8 Financial Institutions
61. 9 Competition or Not
62. 7 Macroeconomics
63. 1 Introduction
64. 2 Concept of Macroeconomics
65. 3 Operations in the Governmental Scope
66. 4 About Currency
67. 4.1 Cryptocurrency
68. 4.2 Financial Operations with Currency
69. 5 Public Accounts
70. 6 Public Debt
71. 7 Taxation
72. 8 Remuneration of Capital
73. 9 Profit and Capital Investment
74. 10 Current Market Economy
75. 11 Economic Policies
76. 12 Income and Revenue
77. 13 International Transactions
78. 8 Taxes and Income Distribution
79. 1 Introduction
80. 2 About Fair Taxes
81. 3 Income Distribution in the Economy
82. 4 We Are All Bank Employees
83. 5 About Paintings and Computers
84. 6 The Material and the Virtual
85. 7 Economic Differentials for Development
86. 8 Mobile Economy
87. 9 Analysis of the Economic Results of Privatization
88. 1 Introduction
89. 2 Privatization in Great Britain
90. 3 Privatization in Brazil
91. 4 The Companies that Dominate the Telecommunications Sector in Brazil
92. 5 Lack of Investment Paralyzed Brazil
93. 6 About Privatizations, Service Charges and Taxes
94. 7 Whom Privatizations Served?
95. 8 Anatel Played the Operator's Game
96. 10 Mathematical Economy
97. 1 Introduction
98. 2 Econometrics
99. 3 Stochastic Modelling of the Productive Process
100. 4 Statistical Correlation Analysis
101. 4.1 The Autocorrelation Function
102. 4.2 Stationarity
103. 4.2.1 Wide Sense Stationarity
104. 4.2.2 Stationarity Degrees
105. 4.2.3 Ergodic Processes
106. 4.3 Properties of the Autocorrelation
107. 4.4 Model for the Prediction of Random Series
108. 5 Study of Losses in the Production Line of a Large Footwear Company
109. 5.1 Introduction
110. 5.2 Production System
111. 5.3 Performance Comparison
112. 5.4 Study of Statistical Correlation
113. 5.5 Analysis Using Stochastic Integration
114. 5.6 Stochastic Model for the Reject Problem
115. 5.7 Diagnostic
116. 5.8 Obtained Results
117. 6 Evaluation of the Stochastic Models
118. 7 The Influence of the Combination of Errors
119. 8 Model to Estimate the Number, Lifespan or Creation Rate
120. 8.1 Introduction
121. 8.2 Methodology
122. 8.3 The Stochastic Model
123. 8.4 Results
124. 8.5 Discussion

About the Author

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil, 1980; his master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Federal da Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil, 1988; and his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Canada, 1994. He worked for the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB); for the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG); for the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC); and for the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). He was visiting professor atthe University of Toronto and is now visiting professor at the Senai Cimatec, Salvador, Brazil. He is founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom). He has been awarded several scholarships and grants from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CNPq), from the IEEE Foundation, from the University of Waterloo, and from the Federal University of Paraiba. He received an achievement award from the Brazilian Telecommunications Society (SBrT), an award from the Medicine College of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), and an achievement award from the College of Engineering of the Federal University of Pernambuco. He published over 500 engineering and scientific papers and 26 books. He also wrote chapters for 12 books. He served on the Board of Directors of SBrT and on the SBMO Council. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and he was a columnist for the traditional Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Commercio. He is a laureate of the prestigious 2014 Attilio Giarola Medal of the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society (SBMO).

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