| Edition |
11th ed |
| Description |
xxxii, 876 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Economics : The science of scarcity -- What economics is about -- Working with diagrams -- Should you major in economics? -- Economic activities : Producing and trading -- Supply and demand : Theory -- Supply and demand : Applications -- Pt. 2. Macroeconomic fundamentals -- Macroeconomic measurements, Part I : Prices and unemployment -- Macroeconomic measurements, Part II : GDP and real GDP -- Pt. 3. Macroeconomic stability, instability, and fiscal policy -- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- The self-regulating economy -- Economic instability : A critique of the self-regulating economy -- Fiscal policy and the federal budget -- Pt. 4. Money, the economy, and monetary policy -- Money and banking -- The Federal Reserve system -- Money and the economy -- Monetary policy -- Pt. 5. Expectations and growth -- Expectations theory and the economy -- Economic growth -- Pt. 6. Microeconomic fundamentals -- Elasticity -- Consumer choice : Maximizing utility and behavioral economics -- Budget constraint and indifference curve analysis -- Production and costs -- Pt. 7. Product markets and policies -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and game theory -- Government and product markets : Antitrust and regulation -- Pt. 8. Factor markets and related issues -- Factor markets : With emphasis on the labor market -- Wages, unions, and labor -- The distribution of income and poverty -- Interest, rent, and profit -- Pt. 9. Market failure and public choice -- Market failure : Externalities, public goods, and asymmetric information -- Public choice : Economic theory applied to politics -- Pt. 10. International economics and globalization -- International trade -- International finance -- Globalization and international impacts on the economy -- Pr. 11. Stocks, bonds, futures, and options -- Pt. 12. Web chapter -- Agriculture : Problems, policies, and unintended effects |
| Subject |
Economics
|
| ISBN |
9780324595420 |
|
0324595425 |
|
9781133582311 |
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