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Economic Theory

Economic Theory

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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).

e-ISBN: 9788770224048