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Economics: Principles and Practices, Student Edition

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Economics: Principles and Practices, Student Edition

by: McGraw-Hill Education

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Copyright: 01/15/2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Student Edition

Economic Handbook

xvi

Reading for Information

xxvi

Basic Concepts in Economics

xxviii

UNIT 1 Fundamental Economic Concepts

(84)

What Is Economics?

(28)

Scarcity and the Science of Economics

(7)

Basic Economic Concepts

(7)

Economic Choices and Decision Making

(13)

Economic Systems and Decision Making

(24)

Economic Systems

(8)

Evaluating Economic Performance

(5)

Capitalism and Economic Freedom

(10)

Business Organizations

(30)

Forms of Business Organization

(11)

Business Growth and Expansion

(7)

Other Organizations

(11)

UNIT 2 Microeconomics

(104)

Demand

(24)

What Is Demand?

(6)

Factors Affecting Demand

(6)

Elasticity of Demand

101

(11)

Supply

112

(24)

What Is Supply?

113

(9)

The Theory of Production

122

(5)

Cost, Revenue, and Profit Maximization

127

(9)

Prices and Decision Making

136

(26)

Prices as Signals

137

(5)

The Price System at Work

142

(8)

Social Goals vs. Market Efficiency

150

(12)

Market Structures

162

(28)

Competition and Market Structures

163

(10)

Market Failures

173

(5)

The Role of Government

178

(12)

UNIT 3 Macroeconomics: Institutions

190

(148)

Employment, Labor, and Wages

192

(30)

The Labor Movement

193

(7)

Resolving Union and Management Differences

200

(5)

Labor and Wages

205

(6)

Employment Trends and Issues

211

(11)

Sources of Government Revenue

222

(32)

The Economics of Taxation

223

(8)

The Federal Tax System

231

(7)

State and Local Tax Systems

238

(6)

Current Tax Issues

244

(10)

Government Spending

254

(30)

The Economics of Government Spending

255

(5)

Federal Government Expenditures

260

(7)

State and Local Government Expenditures

267

(5)

Deficits, Surpluses, and the National Debt

272

(12)

Money and Banking

284

(28)

The Evolution of Money

285

(7)

Early Banking and Monetary Standards

292

(8)

The Development of Modern Banking

300

(12)

Financial Markets

312

(26)

Savings and the Financial System

313

(5)

Investment Strategies and Financial Assets

318

(10)

Investing in Equities, Futures, and Options

328

(10)

UNIT 4 Macroeconomics: Policies

338

(126)

Economic Performance

340

(34)

Measuring the Nation's Output

341

(9)

GDP and Changes in the Price Level

350

(6)

GDP and Population

356

(7)

Economic Growth

363

(11)

Economic Instability

374

(32)

Business Cycles and Fluctuations

375

(7)

Unemployment

382

(7)

Inflation

389

(5)

Poverty and the Distribution of Income

394

(12)

The Fed and Monetary Policy

406

(30)

The Federal Reserve System

407

(8)

Monetary Policy

415

(11)

Monetary Policy, Banking, and the Economy

426

(10)

Achieving Economic Stability

436

(28)

The Cost of Economic Instability

437

(5)

Macroeconomic Equilibrium

442

(5)

Stabilization Policies

447

(9)

Economics and Politics

456

(8)

UNIT 5 International and Global Economics

464

(2)

International Trade

466

(1)

Absolute and Comparative Advantage

467

(5)

Barriers to International Trade

472

(9)

Financing and Trade Deficits

481

(9)

Comparative Economic Systems

490

(1)

The Spectrum of Economic Systems

491

(5)

The Rise and Fall of Communism

496

(5)

The Transition to Capitalism

501

(8)

The Various Faces of Capitalism

509

(11)

Developing Countries

520

(1)

Economic Development

521

(7)

A Framework for Development

528

(5)

Financing Economic Development

533

(11)

Global Economic Challenges

544

(1)

The Global Demand for Resources

545

(7)

Economic Incentives and Resources

552

(6)

Applying the Economic Way of Thinking

558

Reference Handbook

National Geographic Reference Atlas

(13)

Standard & Poor's Databank

(16)

Life Skills

(10)

Glossary

(14)

Spanish Handbook

(37)

Index

(15)

Acknowledgments

106

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