THE EXPLORATION OF ECONOMICS, 6E Int. ed. is not a traditional encyclopedic text filled with technical details. Rather, it is an engaging, modern, "back-to-basics" book designed to promote economic literacy and help students appreciate how economics affects their everyday lives. This reader-friendly text includes innovative learning tools, a visually appealing design, and captivating content to encourage students to read the chapters eagerly and help them master the material more easily. Packed with examples from current events and pop culture, THE EXPLORATION OF ECONOMICS, 6E Int. ed. succeeds like no other text inmaking economics less intimidating and achieving the author's primary goal: conveying the real-world relevance of economics and inspiring in students the same excitement he felt when taking his first economics class. INDICE: Part I: INTRODUCTION. .1. The Role and Method of Economics..2. Economics: Eight Powerful Ideas..3. Scarcity, Trade-Off, and Production Possibilities..Part II: SUPPLY AND DEMAND..4. Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium..5.Markets in Motion and Price Controls..6. Elasticity..Part III: MARKET EFFICIENCY, MARKET FAILURE, AND THE PUBLIC SYSTEM..7. Market Efficiency and Welfare..8. Market Failure..9. Public Finance and Public Choice. .Part IV: HOUSEHOLDS AND MARKET STRUCTURE. .10. Consumer Choice Theory..11. The Firm: Production andCost..12. Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets..13. Monopoly and Antitrust..14. Monopolistic Competition and Product Differentiation. .15. Oligopoly andStrategic Behavior. .Part V: INPUT MARKETS AND MICROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES..16. The Markets for Labor, Capital, and Land..17. Income, Poverty and Health Care. .Part VI: MACROECONOMICS FOUNDATIONS..18. Introduction of Macroeconomics: Unemployment, Inflation, and Economic Fluctuations..19. Measuring Economic Performance..20. Economic Growth in the Global Economy. .21. Financial Markets, Savings, and Investment. .Part VII: THE MACROECONOMIC MODELS. .22. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply..23. The Aggregate Expenditure Model..Part VIII: MACROECONOMIC POLICY..24. Fiscal Policy..25. Monetary Institutions..26. The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy..27. Issues in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy..Part IX: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. .28. International Trade..29. International Finance.
- ISBN: 978-1-111-97038-3
- Editorial: South Western
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha Publicación: 19/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés