The Economy Today
ISBN: 9780073375892 | 0073375896
Edition: 12thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Pub. Date: 9/10/2009
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Brad Schiller's text,The Economy Today, 12e, is noted for three great strengths: readability, policy orientation, and pedagogy. His accessible writing style engages students and brings some of the excitement of domestic and global economic news into the classroom. Schiller emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This strategic choice is highlighted throughout the full range of micro, macro, and international issues, and every ch... MORE
| The Economic Challenge | |
| Economics: The Core Issues | |
| Appendix: Using Graphs | |
| The U.S. Economy: A Global View | |
| Supply and Demand | |
| The Role of Government | |
| Measuring Macro Outcomes | |
| National-Income Accounting | |
| Unemployment | |
| Inflation | |
| Cyclical Instability | |
| The Bus... MORE | |
| Aggregate Demand | |
| Appendix: The Keynesian Cross | |
| Self-Adjustment or Instability? | |
| Fiscal Policy Tools | |
| Fiscal Policy | |
| Deficits and Debt | |
| Monetary Policy Options | |
| Money and Banks | |
| The Federal Reserve System | |
| Monetary Policy | |
| Supply-Side Options | |
| Supply-Side Policy: Short-run Options | |
| Growth and Productivity: Long-run Possibilities | |
| Policy Constraints | |
| Theory versus Reality | |
| Product Markets: The Basics | |
| Consumer Demand | |
| Appendix: Indifference Curves | |
| The Costs of Production | |
| Market Structure | |
| The Competitive Firm | |
| Competitive Markets | |
| Monopoly | |
| Oligopoly | |
| Monopolistic Competition | |
| Regulatory Issues | |
| (De)Regulation of Business | |
| Environmental Protection | |
| The Farm Problem | |
| Factor Markets: Basic Theory | |
| The Labor Market | |
| Labor Unions | |
| Financial Markets | |
| Distributional Issues | |
| Taxes: Equity versus Efficiency | |
| Transfer Payments: Welfare and Social Security | |
| International Economics | |
| International Trade | |
| International Finance | |
| Global Poverty | |
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