Introduction to economics / Stephen Dobson and Susan Palfreman .

By: Dobson, Stephen [Author]
Contributor(s): Palfreman, Susan [ Co-Author]
Publisher: New York Oxford University Press 1999Description: xvii, 298 pages : illustration ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198775652Subject(s): Microeconomics | MacroeconomicsDDC classification: 330
Contents:
Part 1. Microeconomics -- 1. Making economic decisions -- 2. Scarcity and choice -- 3. Markets -- 4. Markets: some extensions -- 5. Applications of market analysis -- 6. Elasticity of demand -- 7. Production and costs -- 8. The competitive market model -- 9. Imperfect competition -- 10. Imperfect competition in action -- 11. The market for labour -- 12. Market failure -- Part 2. Macroeconomics -- 13. The focus for economics -- 14. Measuring the economy: output and living standards -- 15. Measuring the economy: inflation and unemployment -- 16. Macroeconomics and history -- 17. The aggregate demand and aggregate supply model -- 18. A closer look at aggregate supply -- 19. A closer look at aggregate demand: the Keynesian model -- 20. Fiscal policy -- 21. Money (1) -- 22. Money (2) -- 23. A review of inflation -- 24. The open economy: international trade and the exchange rate.
Summary: Introducing students to some of the key concepts used by economists, this text shows how to analyze a variety of social and economic issues. Concepts are introduced in the context of real world applications, and many macroeconomic themes are presented in the context of their historical development.
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Includes index

Part 1. Microeconomics --
1. Making economic decisions --
2. Scarcity and choice --
3. Markets --
4. Markets: some extensions --
5. Applications of market analysis --
6. Elasticity of demand --
7. Production and costs --
8. The competitive market model --
9. Imperfect competition --
10. Imperfect competition in action --
11. The market for labour --
12. Market failure --
Part 2. Macroeconomics --
13. The focus for economics --
14. Measuring the economy: output and living standards --
15. Measuring the economy: inflation and unemployment --
16. Macroeconomics and history --
17. The aggregate demand and aggregate supply model --
18. A closer look at aggregate supply --
19. A closer look at aggregate demand: the Keynesian model --
20. Fiscal policy --
21. Money (1) --
22. Money (2) --
23. A review of inflation --
24. The open economy: international trade and the exchange rate.

Introducing students to some of the key concepts used by economists, this text shows how to analyze a variety of social and economic issues. Concepts are introduced in the context of real world applications, and many macroeconomic themes are presented in the context of their historical development.

300-399

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