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Understanding modern economics

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Addison-Wesley series in economicsPublisher: Boston, MA : Pearson Addison Wesley, [2005]Edition: International editionDescription: xvii, 402 pages : color illustrations + CD-ROMContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0321248473
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330
Contents:
An introduction to economics
Economics and the world of scarcity
The U.S. within the world economy
Microeconomics
Demand and supply
Consumer decision making and consumer reaction to price changes
Business firms face their costs
The two extremes: perfect competition and pure monopoly
In between the extremes: imperfect competition
Market and government failures
Labor economics
Macroeconomics
Unemployment, inflation, and the business cycle
Aggregate demand and supply
The fiscal policy approach to stabilization
Money and our banking system
The monetary policy approach to stabilization
How economies grow
International
Trading with other nations
Financing world trade
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to economics

Economics and the world of scarcity

The U.S. within the world economy

Microeconomics

Demand and supply

Consumer decision making and consumer reaction to price changes

Business firms face their costs

The two extremes: perfect competition and pure monopoly

In between the extremes: imperfect competition

Market and government failures

Labor economics

Macroeconomics

Unemployment, inflation, and the business cycle

Aggregate demand and supply

The fiscal policy approach to stabilization

Money and our banking system

The monetary policy approach to stabilization

How economies grow

International

Trading with other nations

Financing world trade

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