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Routledge Dictionary of Economics Second edition The most informative dictionary of economics available, the Routledge Dictionary of Economics avoids the tendency to indulge in long-winded definitions of the major concepts and provides students with a lucid, comprehensive and accurate guide to the discipline. Employing the key feature of further reading with many of the terms, the book uses the subject classification system defined by the Journal of Economic Literature and The Economic Journal. There have been sweeping developments in economics in the decade since the appearance of the first edition of the dictionary and the new version reflects this by including a wealth of material on additional topics, including: . . . . . . economic anthropology Blairism endogenous growth theory French Circuit School output floor regulation predator–prey models. The dictionary has been compiled for the needs of students and teachers of economics, finance, accountancy and business studies and should prove to be an invaluable resource. Donald Rutherford is Lecturer in Economics and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. © 2002 Donald Rutherford Routledge Dictionary of Economics Second edition Donald Rutherford London and New York © 2002 Donald Rutherford First published in 1992 as the Dictionary of Economics Second edition published 2002 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” # 2002 Donald Rutherford All righ