Economics /
Colander, David C.
Economics / David C. Colander. - Seventh edition - Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. - xxxvi, 819 pages: color illustrations; 26 cm.
Includes glossary and index.
Part I: Introduction: thinking like an economist -- Economics and economic reasoning -- The production possibility model, trade, and globalization -- Economic institutions -- Supply and demand -- Using supply and demand -- Part II: Macroeconomics -- Section I: Macroeconomics: the basics -- Describing supply and demand: elasticities -- Taxation and government intervention -- Section II: Foundations of supply and demand -- The logic of individual choice: the foundation of supply and demand -- Production and cost analysis I -- Production and cost analysis II -- Section III: Market structure -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Section IV: Real-world competition -- Game theory, strategic decision making, and behavioral economics -- Real-world competition and technology -- Antitrust policy and regulation -- Section V: Factor markets -- Work and the labor market -- Nonwage and asset income: rents, profits, and interest -- Who gets what? the distribution of income -- Section VI: Applying economic reasoning to policy -- Market failure versus government failure -- Politics and economics: the case of agricultural markets -- Microeconomic policy, economic reasoning, and beyond -- International trade policy, comparative advantage, and outsourcing -- Part III: Macroeconomics -- Section I: Macroeconomic problems -- Economic growth, business cycles, unemployment, and inflation -- Measuring the aggregate economy -- Section II: The macroeconomic framework -- Growth, productivity, and the wealth of nations -- The aggregate demand/aggregate supply model -- The multiplier model -- Section III: Money, inflation, and monetary policy -- The financial sector and the demand for money -- Monetary policy -- Inflation and the phillips curve -- Section IV: Taxes, budgets, and fiscal policy -- Fiscal policy and public finance -- Politics, deficits, and debt -- Section V: International policy issues -- International financial policy -- Macro policy in a global setting -- Macro policies in developing countries
9780073402864
Asia Foundation - Donation
Economics.
Economics / David C. Colander. - Seventh edition - Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. - xxxvi, 819 pages: color illustrations; 26 cm.
Includes glossary and index.
Part I: Introduction: thinking like an economist -- Economics and economic reasoning -- The production possibility model, trade, and globalization -- Economic institutions -- Supply and demand -- Using supply and demand -- Part II: Macroeconomics -- Section I: Macroeconomics: the basics -- Describing supply and demand: elasticities -- Taxation and government intervention -- Section II: Foundations of supply and demand -- The logic of individual choice: the foundation of supply and demand -- Production and cost analysis I -- Production and cost analysis II -- Section III: Market structure -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Section IV: Real-world competition -- Game theory, strategic decision making, and behavioral economics -- Real-world competition and technology -- Antitrust policy and regulation -- Section V: Factor markets -- Work and the labor market -- Nonwage and asset income: rents, profits, and interest -- Who gets what? the distribution of income -- Section VI: Applying economic reasoning to policy -- Market failure versus government failure -- Politics and economics: the case of agricultural markets -- Microeconomic policy, economic reasoning, and beyond -- International trade policy, comparative advantage, and outsourcing -- Part III: Macroeconomics -- Section I: Macroeconomic problems -- Economic growth, business cycles, unemployment, and inflation -- Measuring the aggregate economy -- Section II: The macroeconomic framework -- Growth, productivity, and the wealth of nations -- The aggregate demand/aggregate supply model -- The multiplier model -- Section III: Money, inflation, and monetary policy -- The financial sector and the demand for money -- Monetary policy -- Inflation and the phillips curve -- Section IV: Taxes, budgets, and fiscal policy -- Fiscal policy and public finance -- Politics, deficits, and debt -- Section V: International policy issues -- International financial policy -- Macro policy in a global setting -- Macro policies in developing countries
9780073402864
Asia Foundation - Donation
Economics.