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

By: McConnell, Campbell R [Author]
Contributor(s): Brue, Stanley L, 1945-
Language: English Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill / Irwin, [2002]Copyright date: c2002Edition: Fifteenth EditionDescription: xxx, 793, 29, 23 pages : color illustrations, map ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072340363 (alk. paper); 9780072340365Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 LOC classification: HB171.5 | .M47 2002
Contents:
pt. 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMY -- The nature and method of economics; the economizing problem; individual markets -- supply and demand; the market system; the US economy -- private and public sectors; the United States in the global economy -- pt. 2 NATIONAL INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND FISCAL POLICY -- Measuring domestic output, national income and the price level; introduction to economic growth, unemployment and inflation; building the aggregate expenditures model; aggregate expenditures -- the multiplier, net exports and government; aggregate demand and aggregate supply; fiscal policy -- pt. 3 MONEY, BANKING AND MONETARY POLICY -- Money and banking; how banks and thrifts create money; monetary policy -- pt. 4 LONG-RUN PERSPECTIVES AND MACROECONOMIC DEBATES -- Extending the analysis of aggregate supply; economic growth and the new economy; deficits, surpluses and the public debt; disputes over macro theory and policy -- pt. 5 MICROECONOMICS OF PRODUCT MARKETS -- Demand and supply -- elasticity and government-set prices; consumer behaviour and utility maximization; the costs of production; pure competition; pure monopoly; monopolistic competiton and oligopoly; technology, R & D and efficiency -- pt. 6 MICROECONOMICS OF RESOURCE MARKETS -- The demand for resources; wage determination; rent, interest and profits -- pt. 7 MICROECONOMICS OF GOVERNMENT -- Government and market failure; public choice theory and the economics of taxation -- pt. 8 MICROECONOMIC ISSUES AND POLICIES -- Antitrust, regulation and industrial policy; agriculture -- economics and policy; income inequality and poverty; labour market issues -- unionism, discrimination, immigration; the economics of health care -- pt. 9 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY -- International trade; exchange rates, balance of payments and trade deficits; the developing economies -- WEB BONUS CHAPTER -- TRANSITION ECONOMIES : RUSSIA AND CHINA [see URL below].
Summary: A comprehensive overview of economics that covers national income, employment, fiscal policy, money, banking, monetary policy, macroeconomic debates, microeconomics, international economics, the world economy, supply and demand, and other related topics.
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Includes index.

pt. 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMY --
The nature and method of economics; the economizing problem; individual markets --
supply and demand; the market system; the US economy --
private and public sectors; the United States in the global economy --
pt. 2 NATIONAL INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND FISCAL POLICY --
Measuring domestic output, national income and the price level; introduction to economic growth, unemployment and inflation; building the aggregate expenditures model; aggregate expenditures --
the multiplier, net exports and government; aggregate demand and aggregate supply; fiscal policy --
pt. 3 MONEY, BANKING AND MONETARY POLICY --
Money and banking; how banks and thrifts create money; monetary policy --
pt. 4 LONG-RUN PERSPECTIVES AND MACROECONOMIC DEBATES --
Extending the analysis of aggregate supply; economic growth and the new economy; deficits, surpluses and the public debt; disputes over macro theory and policy --
pt. 5 MICROECONOMICS OF PRODUCT MARKETS --
Demand and supply --
elasticity and government-set prices; consumer behaviour and utility maximization; the costs of production; pure competition; pure monopoly; monopolistic competiton and oligopoly; technology, R & D and efficiency --
pt. 6 MICROECONOMICS OF RESOURCE MARKETS --
The demand for resources; wage determination; rent, interest and profits --
pt. 7 MICROECONOMICS OF GOVERNMENT --
Government and market failure; public choice theory and the economics of taxation --
pt. 8 MICROECONOMIC ISSUES AND POLICIES --
Antitrust, regulation and industrial policy; agriculture --
economics and policy; income inequality and poverty; labour market issues --
unionism, discrimination, immigration; the economics of health care --
pt. 9 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY --
International trade; exchange rates, balance of payments and trade deficits; the developing economies --
WEB BONUS CHAPTER --
TRANSITION ECONOMIES : RUSSIA AND CHINA [see URL below].


A comprehensive overview of economics that covers national income, employment, fiscal policy, money, banking, monetary policy, macroeconomic debates, microeconomics, international economics, the world economy, supply and demand, and other related topics.

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