description: Readers learn best when they see a concept applied in the context of examples they understand. That is why Economics Today is so successful when readers hail from a wide variety of backgrounds. An abundance of relentlessly current, news-worthy examples motivate every chapter and reflect the interests of today’s diverse reader population. The Nature of Economics; Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs; Demand and Supply; Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis; The Public Sector and Public Choice; Taxes, Transfers, and Public Spending; Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth : The Unemployment, Inflation, and Deflation; Measuring the Economy’s Performance; Global Economic Growth and Development; Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run; Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses; Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier; Fiscal Policy; Deficit Spending and the Public Debt; Money, Stabilization, and Money, Banking, and Central Banking; Money Creation and Deposit Insurance; Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy; Stabilization Policies in the Global Economy; Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth; Dimensions of Consumer Choice; Demand and Supply Elasticity; Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business; Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and The Cost and Output Determination; Perfect Competition; Monopoly; Monopolistic Competition; Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior; Regulation and Antitrust in a Globalized Economy; Labor Resources and the The Labor Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing; Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power; Income, Poverty, and Health Care; Environmental Economics; Global Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy; Exchange Rates and the Balance of PaymentsFor all readers interested in principles of economics.
language: English
title: Economics Today
titlecomplete: Economics Today
genres: Economics, Nonfiction, School
ratings_count: 59
publisher: Books a la Carte