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040 _aMUL
_beng.
_eAACR
082 _a338.5 UND
245 _aUnderstanding microeconomics
_c/ Russell S. Sobel, James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup and David A. Macpherson
250 _a12th ed.
260 _aAustralia :
_bSouth-Western,
_cc2009
300 _a xxii, 504 p. :
_b ill. ;
_c28 cm
504 _aIncludes index
505 _a PART 1: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING. 1. The Economic Approach. 2. Some Tools of the Economist. PART 2: MARKETS AND GOVERNMENT. 3. Supply, Demand, and the Market Process. 4. Supply and Demand: Applications and Extensions. 5. Difficult Cases for the Market and the Role of Government. 6. The Economics of Collective Decision Making. PART 3: CORE MACROECONOMICS. 7. Taking the Nation's Economic Pulse. 8. Economic Fluctuations, Unemployment, and Inflation. 9. An Introduction to Basic Macroeconomic Markets. 10. Economic Instability. 11. Fiscal Policy. 12. Money and the Banking System. 13. Modern Macroeconomics: The Monetary System. 14. Stabilization Policy, Output, and Employment. 15. Creating an Environment for Growth and Prosperity. 16. Institutions, Policies, and Cross-Country Differences in Income and Growth. PART 4: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS. 17. Gaining from International Trade. 18. International Finance and the Foreign Exchange Market. (macro split only). PART 5: CORE MICROECONOMICS. 19. Consumer Demand and Elasticity. 20. Costs and the Supply of Goods. 21. Price Takers and the Competitive Process. 22. Price-Searcher Markets with Low Entry Barriers. 23. Price-Searcher Markets with High Entry Barriers. 24. The Supply of and Demand for Productive Resources. 25. Earnings, Productivity, and the Job Market. 26. Investment, the Capital Market, and the Wealth of Nations. 27. Income Inequality and Poverty. PART 6: APPLYING THE BASICS. SPECIAL TOPICS.
546 _aeng
650 _aMicroeconomics
700 _aSobel, Russell S.
700 _aGwartney, James D.
700 _a Stroup, Richard L.
700 _aMacpherson, David A.
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