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Economics : A Tool for Critically Understanding Society

ISBN: 9780201557145 | 0201557142
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 11/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
The five parts of this text cover: Economics as a tools for critical thinking in a changing economy, Economic history and the development of modern economic thought, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and International economics and finance. Revised new edition. Paper. DLC: Economics.
Forewordxix(4)
Preface to the Instructorxxiii(3)
Preface to the Studentxxvi
PART 1 ECONOMICS AS A TOOL FOR CRITICAL THINKING IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY1(46)
... MORECHAPTER 1 Economics as a Social Science
3(14)
CHAPTER 2 Exploring the Emerging Global Economy
17(23)
Thinking Critically: Economics and Global Change
40(7)
PART 2 ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ECONOMIC THOUGHT47(72)
CHAPTER 3 The Evolution of Economic Systems
49(22)
CHAPTER 4 Property, Adam Smith, and the Division of Labor
71(11)
CHAPTER 5 The Rise of Laissez-Faire
82(11)
CHAPTER 6 The Marxian Critique of Capitalism
93(19)
Thinking Critically: Economic Change Marches On
112(7)
PART 3 MICROECONOMICS119(172)
CHAPTER 7 Scarcity: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
121(13)
CHAPTER 8 The Theory of Markets
134(27)
CHAPTER 9 Perfect Competition and Efficiency
161(28)
CHAPTER 10 Noncompetitive Markets and Inefficiency
189(23)
CHAPTER 11 Resource Markets and the Distribution of Income
212(21)
CHAPTER 12 Corporations and Labor Unions
233(26)
CHAPTER 13 The Economic Role of Government
259(25)
Thinking Critically: Explorations in Microeconomics--Affirmative Action
284(7)
PART 4 MACROECONOMICS291(150)
CHAPTER 14 Macroeconomics: Issues and Problems
293(22)
CHAPTER 15 The Classical and Keynesion Models of the Macroeconomy
315(25)
CHAPTER 16 Fiscal Policy: Government Spending and Taxation
340(25)
CHAPTER 17 Financial Markets, Money, and Monetary Policy
365(37)
CHAPTER 18 Aggregate Damand and Aggregate Supply
402(17)
CHAPTER 19 Unemployment, Inflation, and Stabilization Policy in a Global Economy
419(14)
Thinking Critically: Explorations in Macroeconomics--Jobs in the World Economy
433(8)
PART 5 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND FINANCE441(96)
CHAPTER 20 International Trade and Interdependence
443(20)
CHAPTER 21 International Finance
463(20)
CHAPTER 22 The Economics of Developing Nations
483(20)
CHAPTER 23 Economic Systems in Transition
503(23)
Thinking Critically: Globalization in the 21st Century?
526(11)
GLOSSARY537(14)
NAME INDEX551(2)
SUBJECT INDEX553

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