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100			_aPeterson Willis
245			_aMicro: _bPrinciples of economics/
250			_a9thed.
260			_aMinnesota: _bHobar Publications, _c1994.
300			_a303p.: _bill.; _c26cm
500			_a Table of contents I. INTRODUCTION 1 1. Economic decisions and questions 3 2. How to read graphs 17 3. Opportunity cost 29 II HOUSEHOLD AND FIRM BEHAVIOR 41 4. How consumers maximize satisfaction 43 5. Cost and profits 55 6. How firms minimize costs 67 7. How firms maximize profits 77 8. household production 89 III DEMAND AND SUPPLY 99 9. Demand 101 10. Supply 108 11. Elasticities 117 12. How prices are determined and why they change 127 IV MARKET STRUCTURES 137 13. Perfect competition 139 14. Imperfect competition I 149 15. Imperfect competition II 157 V MARKET TOPICS 169 16. Time for adjustment 171 17. The rationing and allocating functions of prices 181 18. Why is everything illegal so expensive ? 191 19. Externalities and the environment 199 20. Agriculture and food 211 VI CAPITAL 257 24. How to evaluate an investment 257 25. The loan market 267 VIII EDUCATION 275 26. The costs and returns to high education 277 27. Research and new technology 287 includes bibliographic references and index
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