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Economics for Today

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ISBN: 9780314092410 | 0314092412
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Pub. Date: 1/6/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
A more concise economics text focusing on core concepts, Economics for Today is particularly motivating for students with a beautiful and inviting full-color format, special attention to figures and graphs, and a wealth of useful pedagogy which provides opportunities for critical thinking, interactive reading, and built-in self assessment. It also takes advantage of the use of the latest technology to enrich the course with real-world application through the incorporation of Internet activities into each chapter.
PART I INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS1(54)
1 Introducing the Economic Way of Thinking
3(32)
APPENDIX: Applying Graphs to Economics
23... MORE
2 Production Possibilities and Opportunity Cost
35(20)
PART II MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS55(134)
3 Market Supply and Demand
57(32)
4 Markets in Action
89(30)
APPENDIX: Applying Supply and Demand Analysis to Health Care
113(6)
5 Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply
119(26)
6 Consumer Choice Theory
145(16)
7 Production Costs
161(28)
PART III MARKET STRUCTURES189(108)
8 Perfect Competition
191(32)
9 Monopoly
223(24)
10 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
247(26)
11 Labor Markets
273(24)
PART IV MICROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES297(82)
12 Income Distribution, Poverty, and Discrimination
299(28)
13 Antitrust and Regulation
327(28)
14 Environmental Economics
355(24)
PART V MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS379(80)
15 Gross Domestic Product
381(30)
16 Business Cycles and Unemployment
411(26)
17 Inflation
437(22)
PART VI MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY459(148)
18 The Keynesian Model
461(26)
19 The Keynesian Model in Action
487(24)
20 Aggregate Demand and Supply
511(26)
21 Fiscal Policy
537(22)
22 The Public Sector
559(26)
23 Federal Deficits and the National Debt
585(22)
PART VII MONEY, BANKING, AND MONETARY POLICY607(102)
24 Money and the Federal Reserve System
609(22)
25 Money Creation
631(24)
26 Monetary Policy
655(28)
27 The Phillips Curve and Expectations Theory
683(26)
PART VIII THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY709(84)
28 International Trade and Finance
711(32)
29 Comparative Economic Systems
743(24)
30 Growth and the Less-Developed Countries
767(26)
APPENDIX A ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS793(32)
APPENDIX B PRACTICE QUIZ ANSWERS825(4)
APPENDIX C UNITED STATES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND RELATED STATISTICS829(8)
APPENDIX D INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS837(2)
GLOSSARY839(10)
INDEX849

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