Research Catalog

Title

• Principles of economics / N. Gregory Mankiw.

Author

Mankiw, N. Gregory

Publication

Mason, OH : South-Western Cengage Learning, c2009.

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Description

xxxi, 872 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 27 cm.

Alternative Title

Economics

Subject

Economics

Genre/Form

Lehrbuch.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1. Introduction -- 1. Ten Principles of Economics -- 2. Thinking Like an Economist -- 3. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade -- Part 2. Supply and Demand I: How Markets Work -- 4. The Market Forces of Supply and Demand -- 5. Elasticity and Its Application -- 6. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies -- Part 3. Supply and Demand Ii: Markets and Welfare -- 7. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets -- 8. Application: The Costs of Taxation -- 9. Application: International Trade -- Part 4. The Economics of Public Sector -- 10. Externalities -- 11. Public Goods and Common Resources -- 12. The Design of the Tax System -- Part 5. Firm Behavior and the Organization of Industry -- 13. The Costs of Production -- 14. Firms in Competitive Markets -- 15. Monopoly -- 16. Monopolistic Competition -- 17. Oligopoly -- Part 6. The Economics of Labor Markets -- 18. The Markets for the Factors of Production -- 19. Earnings and Discrimination -- 20. Income Inequality and Poverty -- Part 7. Topics for Further Study -- 21. The Theory of Consumer Choice -- 22. Frontiers in Microeconomics -- Part 8. The Data of Macroeconomics -- 23. Measuring a Nation's Income -- 24. Measuring the Cost of Living -- Part 9. The Real Economy in the Long Run -- 25. Production and Growth -- 26. Saving, Investment, and the Financial System -- 27. The Basic Tools of Finance -- 28. Unemployment and Its Natural Rate -- Part 10. Money and Prices in the Long Run -- 29. The Monetary System -- 30. Money Growth and Inflation -- Part 11. The Macroeconomics of Open Economies -- 31. Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts -- 32. A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy -- Part 12. Short-Run Economic Fluctuations -- 33. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- 34. The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand -- 35. The Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment -- Part 13. Final Thoughts -- 36. Five Debates over Macroeconomic Policy.

ISBN

• 9780324589979
• 0324589972

LCCN

^^2008934555

OCLC

277122116

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