Economics : principles, problems and policies / Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue .

By: McConnell, Campbell R [author]
Contributor(s): Brue, Stanley [author]
Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin , [2005]Copyright date: c2005Edition: Sixteenth editionDescription: xxx, 733 page : illustrations + 1 CD-ROM ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072819359; 9780072819359Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330
Contents:
An introduction to economics and the economy -- The nature and method of economics -- The economizing problem -- Individual markets: demand and supply -- The market system -- The U.S. economy: private and public sectors -- The United States in the global economy -- Macroeconomic measurement and basic concepts -- Measuring domestic output and national income -- Introduction to economic growth and instability -- Basic macroeconomic relationships -- Macroeconomic models and fiscal policy -- The aggregate expenditures model -- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- Fiscal policy -- Money, banking, and monetary policy -- Money and banking -- How banks and thrifts create money -- Monetary policy -- Long-run perspectives and macroeconomic debates -- Extending the analysis of aggregate supply -- Economic growth -- Deficits, surpluses, and the public debt -- Disputes over macro theory and policy -- Microeconomics of product markets -- Elasticity of demand and supply -- Consumer behavior and utility maximization -- The costs of production -- Pure competition -- Pure monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Technology, R & D, and efficiency -- Microeconomics of resource markets -- The demand for resources -- Wage determination -- Rent, interest, and profit -- Microeconomics of government -- Government and market failure -- Public choice theory and the economics of taxation -- Microeconomic issues and policies -- Antitrust policy and regulation -- Agriculture: economics and policy -- Income inequality and poverty -- Labor market institutions and issues: unionism, discrimination, and immigration -- The economics of health care -- International economics and the world economy -- International trade -- Exchange rates, the balance of payments, and trade deficits.
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Includes glossary and index.

An introduction to economics and the economy --
The nature and method of economics --
The economizing problem --
Individual markets: demand and supply --
The market system --
The U.S. economy: private and public sectors --
The United States in the global economy --
Macroeconomic measurement and basic concepts --
Measuring domestic output and national income --
Introduction to economic growth and instability --
Basic macroeconomic relationships --
Macroeconomic models and fiscal policy --
The aggregate expenditures model --
Aggregate demand and aggregate supply --
Fiscal policy --
Money, banking, and monetary policy --
Money and banking --
How banks and thrifts create money --
Monetary policy --
Long-run perspectives and macroeconomic debates --
Extending the analysis of aggregate supply --
Economic growth --
Deficits, surpluses, and the public debt --
Disputes over macro theory and policy --
Microeconomics of product markets --
Elasticity of demand and supply --
Consumer behavior and utility maximization --
The costs of production --
Pure competition --
Pure monopoly --
Monopolistic competition and oligopoly --
Technology, R & D, and efficiency --
Microeconomics of resource markets --
The demand for resources --
Wage determination --
Rent, interest, and profit --
Microeconomics of government --
Government and market failure --
Public choice theory and the economics of taxation --
Microeconomic issues and policies --
Antitrust policy and regulation --
Agriculture: economics and policy --
Income inequality and poverty --
Labor market institutions and issues: unionism, discrimination, and immigration --
The economics of health care --
International economics and the world economy --
International trade --
Exchange rates, the balance of payments, and trade deficits.

Contains chapter checklists, chapter outlines, hints and tips, terms, self-tests, true-false, multiple choice, problems, essay questions, answers, and others.

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