| Description |
xxxii, 816 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I. GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH ECONOMICS 1. What Is Economics? 2. The Use and Misuse of Graphs 3. The Economy: Myth and Reality 4. Scarcity and Choice: The Economic Problem 5. Supply and Demand: An Initial Look PART II. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY 6. Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand 7. Demand and Elasticity 8. Production, Inputs, and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis 9. Output, Price, and Profit: The Importance of Marginal Analysis PART III. MARKETS, FROM COMPETITION TO MONOPOLY: VIRTUES AND VICES 10. The Firm and The Industry under Perfect Competition 11. The Price System and the Case for Free Markets 12. Monopoly 13. Between Competition and Monopoly 14. The Market Mechanism: Shortcomings and Remedies 15. Microeconomics of Innovation: Prime Engine of Growth 16. Real Firms and Their Financing: Stocks and Bonds PART IV. THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME 17. Pricing the Factors of Production 18. Labor: The Human Input 19. Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination PART V. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY 20. Limiting Market Power: Regulation and Antitrust 21. Taxation and Resource Allocation 22. Externalities, the Environment, and Natural Resources PART VI. THE MACROECONOMY: AGGREGATE SUPPLY AND DEMAND 23. The Realm of Macroeconomics 24. The Goals of Macroeconomic Policy 25. Income and Spending: The Powerful Consumer 26. Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation? 27. Changes on the Demand Side: Multiplier Analysis 28. Supply-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment and Inflation? PART VII. FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY 29. Managing Aggregate Demand: Fiscal Policy 30. Money and the Banking System 31. Monetary Policy and the National Economy 32. The Debate Over Monetary Policy 33. Deficits, Monetary Policy, and Growth 34. The Phillips Curve and Economic Growth PART VIII. THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY 35. International Trade and Comparative Advantage 36. The International Monetary System: Order or Disorder? 37. Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economics.
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| Author |
Blinder, Alan S.
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| LC no. |
99063517 |
| ISBN |
0030259487 |
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