ABSTRACT
Getting a feeling for economic matters. What is the economy, why is it important, how is it embedded in the larger social and natural world, what are the main current societal challenges, and what roles do its experts, economists, have? Illustration titled Introducing the Economy featuring a central cube with five labeled topics around it. The topics are What is the Economy?, Ecological and Social Embeddedness of the Economy, Reasons to Study the Economy, The Main Current Societal Challenges, and The Role of Economists in Society. The central cube symbolizes the economy, and the surrounding labels represent different aspects and reasons to study it. https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003694557/0c6e2368-fbc7-4711-aad3-9c3f4ced5f32/content/pg_148.jpg"/>
