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Long a classic text for the teaching of principles of economics, the current economic crisis makes this book an even more essential resource for faculty who want a solid introduction that calls on policy based information for examples and applications. The authors have been on the forefront of advising policy makers and informing the public for years and Alan Blinder, in particular, has been highly visible through the discussions of the current economic situation. The update ensures that faculty who want to teach using the latest policy issues and data are able to do just that. Not only will ECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY, UPDATE 2010 EDITION, 11e have the absolute latest data through spring 2010, but will also include a new chapter 37 which focuses on the financial crisis and the great recession of 2007-2009.

Getting Acquainted with Economics
What Is Economics?
The Economy: Myth and Reality
The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
Supply and Demand: An Initial Look
The Building Blocks of Demand and Supply
Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand
Demand and Elasticity
Production, Inputs, and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis
Output, Price, and Profit: the Importance of Marginal Analysis
The Economics of the Stock Market
Markets and the Price System
The Firm and the Industry under Perfect Competition
Monopoly
Between Competition and Monopoly
Limiting Market Power: Regulation and Antitrust
The Virtues and Limitations of Markets
The Case for Free Markets I: the Price System
The Shortcomings of Free Markets
The Market's Prime Achievement: Innovation and Growth
Externalities, the Environment and Natural Resources
Taxation and Resource Allocation
The Distribution of Income
Pricing the Factors of Production
Labor and Entrepreneurship: the Human Inputs
Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination
The Macroeconomy: Aggregate Supply and Demand
An Introduction to Macroeconomics
The Goals of Macroeconomic Policy
Economic Growth: Theory and Policy
Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer
Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation?
Bringing in the Supply Side: Unemployment and Inflation?
Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Managing Aggregate Demand: Fiscal Policy
Money and the Banking System
Managing Aggregate Demand: Monetary Policy
The Debate Over Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, and Growth
The Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment
The United States in the World Economy
International Trade and Comparative Advantage
The International Monetary System: Order or Disorder?
Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy
The Financial Crisis and the Great Recession
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Economics Principles and Policy, Update 2010 Edition

Economics Principles and Policy, Update 2010 Edition

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