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Author Carbaugh, Robert J., 1946-

Title Contemporary economics : an applications approach / Robert J. Carbaugh, Central Washington University
Edition Seventh edition
Published Armonk, New York : M.E.Sharpe, [2014]
©2014

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Description xxiv, 454 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Contents Scarcity and choice -- Market transactions : demand and supply analysis -- Demand and supply applications -- Production and the costs of production -- Competition and monopoly : virtues and vices -- Imperfect competition -- Labor markets -- Government and markets -- The mixed economy of the United States -- Gross domestic product and economic growth -- The business cycle, unemployment, and inflation -- Macroeconomic instability : aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- Fiscal policy and the federal budget -- Money and the banking system -- The federal reserve and monetary policy -- The United States and the global economy -- International finance -- Economic systems and developing countries
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Economics -- Textbooks.
SUBJECT United States -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020 -- Textbooks. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001753
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Textbooks.
LC no. 2013007126
ISBN 9780765641779 (paperback: alk. paper)
0765641771 (paperback: alk. paper)