TY - BOOK AU - Samuelson,Paul A. AU - Nordhaus,William D. TI - Economics SN - 0070547866 : U1 - 330 19 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Economics N1 - CONTENTS PART ONE : BASIC CONCEPTS 1. Introduction 2. Basic problems of economic organization 3. Markets and command in a modern economy 4. The elements of supply and demand PART TWO: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF MACROECONOMICS 5. Overview of macroeconomics 6. Measurement of national output and income 7. The theory of output determination 8 Consumption and Investment 9. The multiplier extended: fiscal policy and international trade 10. Aggregate supply and business cycles 11. Money and commercial banking 12.The federal reserve and central bank monetary policy PART THREE: MACROECONOMIC POLICY 14. Inflation: definitions and costs 15. inflation and unemployment 16. the effects of money on output and prices 17. fiscal policy, deficits and the government debt PART FOUR: MICROECONOMICS: SUPPL, DEMAND AND PRODUCT MARKETS 18: Supply and demand in individual markets 19. Demand, utility and consumer behavior 20. Business organization 21. Theory of production and marginal products 22. Analysis of costs 23. Competitive supply and competitive markets 24. Monopoly: analysis and regulation 25. Imperfect competition and antitruct policy PART FIVE: WAGES, RENT AND PROFITS: THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME 26. Introduction to income and inequality 27. Pricing of factors of production 28. Wages and the labor market 29. Labor unions and collective bargaining 30. capital, interest and profits PART SIX: EFFICIENCY, EQUITY, AND GOVERNMENT 31. Markets and economic efficiency 32. Economic role of government 33. Economic role of government: expenditure and taxation 34. poverty, equality and efficiency 35. the winds of change: alternative economic systems 36. Economic growth: theory and evidence 37. the economics of developing countries 38. international trade and the theory of comparative advantage 39. protectionism and free trade 40. exchange rates and the international financial system ; Includes index ER -