Principles of economics / Robert H. Frank, Ben S. Bernanke.

By: Frank, Robert H [Author]
Contributor(s): Bernanke, Ben [Author]
Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill / Irwin, [2004]Copyright date: c2004Edition: Second editionDescription: xl, 813, [37] pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072503300 (alk. paper); 0071214593 (international : alk. paper)Other title: EconomicsSubject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 LOC classification: HB171.5 | .F734 2004Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
Part 1 Introduction 1.Thinking Like an Economist2.Comparative Advantage: The Basis for Exchange3.Supply and Demand: An IntroductionPart 2 Competition and the Invisible Hand4. Elasticity5.Demand: The Benefit Side of the Market6.Perfectly Competitive Supply: The Cost Side of the Market7.Efficiency and Exchange8.The Quest for Profit and the Invisible HandPart 3 Market Imperfections9.Monopoly and Other Forms of Imperfect Competition10.Thinking Strategically11.Externalities and Property Rights12.The Economics of InformationPart 4 Economics of Public Policy13.Labor Markets, Poverty, and Income Distribution14.The Environment, Health, and Safety15.Public Goods and Tax PolicyPart 5 International Trade16.International Trade and Trade PolicyPart 6 Macroeconomics: Issues and Data 17.Macroeconomics: The Bird's-Eye View of the Economy18.Measuring Economic Activity: GDP and Unemployment19.Measuring the Price Level and Inflation Part 7 The Long Run20.Economic Growth, Productivity, and Living Standards21.Workers, Wages, and Unemployment in the Modern Economy22.Saving and Capital Formation 23.Money, Prices, and the Federal Reserve 24.Financial Markets and International Capital Flows Part 8 The Short Run25.Short-term Economic Fluctuations: An Introduction 26.Aggregate Demand and Output in the Short Run 27.Stabilizing Aggregate Demand: The Role of the Fed 28.Inflation and Aggregate Supply Part 9 The International Economy 29. Exchange Rates and the Open Economy
Summary: Using a short list of core principles in-depth, this book presents concepts intuitively through examples drawn from familiar contexts. The authors introduce a short list of core principles and reinforce them by illustrating and applying each in many contexts.
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Various multi-media instructional aids, including web sites, are available to supplement the text.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Introduction 1.Thinking Like an Economist2.Comparative Advantage: The Basis for Exchange3.Supply and Demand: An IntroductionPart 2 Competition and the Invisible Hand4. Elasticity5.Demand: The Benefit Side of the Market6.Perfectly Competitive Supply: The Cost Side of the Market7.Efficiency and Exchange8.The Quest for Profit and the Invisible HandPart 3 Market Imperfections9.Monopoly and Other Forms of Imperfect Competition10.Thinking Strategically11.Externalities and Property Rights12.The Economics of InformationPart 4 Economics of Public Policy13.Labor Markets, Poverty, and Income Distribution14.The Environment, Health, and Safety15.Public Goods and Tax PolicyPart 5 International Trade16.International Trade and Trade PolicyPart 6 Macroeconomics: Issues and Data 17.Macroeconomics: The Bird's-Eye View of the Economy18.Measuring Economic Activity: GDP and Unemployment19.Measuring the Price Level and Inflation Part 7 The Long Run20.Economic Growth, Productivity, and Living Standards21.Workers, Wages, and Unemployment in the Modern Economy22.Saving and Capital Formation 23.Money, Prices, and the Federal Reserve 24.Financial Markets and International Capital Flows Part 8 The Short Run25.Short-term Economic Fluctuations: An Introduction 26.Aggregate Demand and Output in the Short Run 27.Stabilizing Aggregate Demand: The Role of the Fed 28.Inflation and Aggregate Supply Part 9 The International Economy 29. Exchange Rates and the Open Economy

Using a short list of core principles in-depth, this book presents concepts intuitively through examples drawn from familiar contexts. The authors introduce a short list of core principles and reinforce them by illustrating and applying each in many contexts.

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