TY - BOOK AU - Schiller,Bradley R. AU - Schiller,Bradley R. TI - The micro economy today SN - 007297964X (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 338.5 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - KW - Microeconomics N1 - Contents 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 Chapter 15. The Labor Market Chapter 16. Labor Unions Chapter 17. Financial Markets Part 6. Distributional Issues Chapter 18. Taxes: Equity Vs. efficiency Chapter 19. Transfer Payments: welfare and Social security Part 7. International Economics Chapter 20. International Trade Chapter 21. International Finance; Card inserted to register login username and password for access to an instructional website with tutorials, exercises, and/or videos; Includes bibliographical references and index ER -