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Economics Private and Public Choice

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York The Dryden PressEdition: 6th editionDescription: xxxi,958p.: ill,; 26cmISBN:
  • 9780155189218
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 330 GWA
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Table of Contents

PART ONE

THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING- AN INTRODUCTION

1. The Economic Approach 2-20

2. Some Tools of the Economist 29-47

3. Supply, Demand, and the Market Process 51-74

4. Supply and Demand for the Public Sector 81-97

5. Government Spending and Taxation 101-125

PART TWO

MACROECONOMICS 129

6. Taking the Nation’s Economic Pause 130-152

7. Economic Fluctuations, Unemployment, and Inflation 156-176

8. An Introduction to Basic Macroeconomic Markets 181-200

9. Working with our Basic aggregate Demand/ Aggregate Supply Model 204-223

10. Keynesian Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics 227-248

11. Modern Macroeconomics: Fiscal policy 253-272

12. Money and the Banking System 276-297

13. Modern Macroeconomics: Monetary Policy 306- 330

14. Expectations, Inflation, and Unemployment 336-357

15. Stabilization policy, Output, and Employment 362-382

16. Budget Deficits and the National Debt 386-405

PART THREE

MICROECONOMICS 411

17. Demand and Consumer Choice 412-441

18. Costs and the Supply of goods 445-469

19. The Firm under Pure Competition 474-494

20. Monopoly and High Barriers to Entry 499-522

21. Between Competition and Monopoly: Models of Rivalry and Strategy 527- 548

22. Business Structure, Regulation, and Deregulation 553-576

PART FOUR

FACTOR MARKETS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION 581

23. The Supply of and Demand for Productive Resources 582-599

24. Earnings, Productivity, and the Job Market 605- 624

25. Capital, Interest, and Profit 631-646

26. Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining 563-673

27. Inequality, Income Mobility, and the Battle Against Poverty 678-700

28. Natural Resource and Environmental Economics 707-722

PART FIVE

PUBLIC CHOICE 727

29. Problem Areas for the Market 728-745

30. Public Choice: Understanding Government and Government Failure 752-772

PART SIX

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND COMPARATIVE SYSTEMS 777

31. Gaining from International Trade 778-797

32. International Finance and the Foreign Exchange Market 802-826

33. Economic Development and the Growth of Income 832-850

34. Comparative Economic Systems 855-881

Appendix A Production Theory and Isoquants 887

Appendix B General Business and Economic Indicators 893

Appendix C Answers to Selected Questions 905

Glossary 925

Index 943

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