The economy today / Bradley R. Schiller.

By: Schiller, Bradley R, 1943- [author]
Publisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, [2010]Copyright date: c2010Edition: Twelfth EditionDescription: xxix, 796 pages : col. illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780073375892 (alk. paper); 0073375896 (alk. paper)Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 LOC classification: HB171.5 | .S292 2010
Contents:
Part 1: The economic challenge -- Economic: the core issues -- The U.S. economy: a global view -- Supply and demand -- The role of government -- Part 2: Measuring macro outcomes -- National-income accounting -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- Part 3: Cyclical instability -- The business cycle -- Aggregate demand -- Self-adjustment or instability? -- Part 4: Fiscal policy tools -- Fiscal policy -- Deficits and debt -- Part 5: Monetary policy options -- Money and banks -- The Federal Reserve system -- Monetary policy -- Part 6: Supply-side options -- Supply-side policy: short-run options -- Growth and productivity: long run possibilities -- Part 7: Policy constraints -- Theory versus reality -- Part 8: Product markets: the basics -- Consumer demand -- The costs of production -- Part 9: Market structure -- The competitive firm -- Competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Part 10: Regulatory issues -- (De)regulation of business -- Environmental protection -- The farm problem -- Part 11: Factor markets: basic theory -- The labor market -- Labor unions -- Financial markets -- Part 12: Distributional issues -- Taxes: equity versus efficiency -- transfer payments: welfare and social security -- Part 13: International economics -- International trade -- International finance -- Global poverty.
Summary: Emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This title teaches economics in a relevant context, filling chapters with the real facts and applications of economic life. It presents macro theory in the context of the AS/AD framework.
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Includes index.

Part 1: The economic challenge --
Economic: the core issues --
The U.S. economy: a global view --
Supply and demand --
The role of government --
Part 2: Measuring macro outcomes --
National-income accounting --
Unemployment --
Inflation --
Part 3: Cyclical instability --
The business cycle --
Aggregate demand --
Self-adjustment or instability? --
Part 4: Fiscal policy tools --
Fiscal policy --
Deficits and debt --
Part 5: Monetary policy options --
Money and banks --
The Federal Reserve system --
Monetary policy --
Part 6: Supply-side options --
Supply-side policy: short-run options --
Growth and productivity: long run possibilities --
Part 7: Policy constraints --
Theory versus reality --
Part 8: Product markets: the basics --
Consumer demand --
The costs of production --
Part 9: Market structure --
The competitive firm --
Competitive markets --
Monopoly --
Oligopoly --
Monopolistic competition --
Part 10: Regulatory issues --
(De)regulation of business --
Environmental protection --
The farm problem --
Part 11: Factor markets: basic theory --
The labor market --
Labor unions --
Financial markets --
Part 12: Distributional issues --
Taxes: equity versus efficiency --
transfer payments: welfare and social security --
Part 13: International economics --
International trade --
International finance --
Global poverty.

Emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This title teaches economics in a relevant context, filling chapters with the real facts and applications of economic life. It presents macro theory in the context of the AS/AD framework.

300-399

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