TY - GEN AU - Schiller, Bradley R. TI - The micro economy today SN - 9780073137841 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Microeconomics N1 - Includes glossary and index; Part 1: Basic concepts -- Chapter 1: Economics: the core issues -- Chapter 2: The U.S. economy: a global view -- Chapter 3: Supply and demand -- Chapter 4: The public sector -- Part 2: Product markets: the basics -- Chapter 5: The demand for goods -- Chapter 6: The costs of production -- Part 3: Market structure -- Chapter 7: The competitive firm -- Chapter 8: Competitive markets -- Chapter 9: Monopoly -- Chapter 10: Oligopoly -- Chapter 11: Monopolistic competition -- Part 4: Regulatory issues -- Chapter 12: (De)regulation of business -- Chapter 13: Environmental protection -- Chapter 14: The farm problem -- Part 5: Factor markets: basic theory -- Chapter 15: Th labor market -- Chapter 16: Labor unions -- Chapter 17: Financial markets -- Part 6: Distributional issues -- Chapter 18: Taxes: equity vs. efficiency -- Chapter 19: Transfer payment : welfare and social security -- Part 7: International economics -- Chapter 20: International trade -- Chapter 21: International finance ER -