Microeconomics - individuals\' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms\' decisions about location, hiring, firing, and investment - involves issues that concern us on a daily basis.
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Dixit steers a clear path through the huge number of issues related to microeconomics, explaining what happens when things go well, as well as showing how they fail, why that happens, and what can be done about it.
In this Very Short Introduction , Avinash Dixit argues that the microeconomy has a large impact on the economic world, arguably as much as the issues of macroeconomics.
But when people think about economics, they tend to place importance on the bigger picture - macroeconomics - including issues such as unemployment, inflation, and the competitiveness of nations.
Microeconomics - individuals\' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms\' decisions about location, hiring, firing, and investment - involves issues that concern us on a daily basis
