Title: Economics : principles, problems, and policies /
Authors: McConnell, Campbell R.; Brue, Stanley L., 1945-
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Economics.
Abstract: Resource added for the Economics "10-809-195" courses.
Contents: An introduction to economics and the economy -- The nature and method of economics -- The economizing problem -- Individual markets: demand and supply -- The market system -- The U.S. economy: private and public sectors -- The United States in the global economy -- Macroeconomic measurement and basic concepts -- Measuring domestic output and national income -- Introduction to economic growth and instability -- Basic macroeconomic relationships -- Macroeconomic models and fiscal policy -- The aggregate expenditures model -- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- Fiscal policy -- Money, banking, and monetary policy -- Money and banking -- How banks and thrifts create money -- Monetary policy -- Long-run perspectives and macroeconomic debates -- Extending the analysis of aggregate supply -- Economic growth -- Deficits, surpluses, and the public debt -- Disputes over macro theory and policy -- Microeconomics of product markets -- Elasticity of demand and supply -- Consumer behavior and utility maximization -- The costs of production -- Pure competition -- Pure monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Technology, R & D, and efficiency -- Microeconomics of resource markets -- The demand for resources -- Wage determination -- Rent, interest, and profit -- Microeconomics of government -- Government and market failure -- Public choice theory and the economics of taxation -- Microeconomic issues and policies -- Antitrust policy and regulation -- Agriculture: economics and policy -- Income inequality and poverty -- Labor market institutions and issues: unionism, discrimination, and immigration -- The economics of health care -- International economics and the world economy -- International trade -- Exchange rates, the balance of payments, and trade deficits.