Microeconomics for Today
Part I. INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS. 1. Introducing the Economic Way of Thinking. Appendix. Applying Graphs to Economics. 2. Production Possibilities, Opportunity Cost, and Economic Growth. Part II. MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 3. Market Demand and Supply. Appendix. Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus, and Market Efficiency. 4. Markets in Action. Appendix. Applying Supply and Demand Analysis to Health Care. 5. Price Elasticity of Demand and Supply. 6. Consumer Choice Theory. Appendix: Indifference Curve Analysis. 7. Production Costs. Part III. MARKET STRUCTURES. 8. Perfect Competition. 9. Monopoly. 10. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. 11. Labor Markets. Part IV. MICROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES. 12. Income Distribution, Poverty, and Discrimination. 13. Antitrust and Regulation. 14: Environmental Economics. Part V. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. 15. International Trade and Finance. 16. Economies in Transition. 17. Growth and the Less-Developed Countries. Appendix A Answers to Odd-Numbered Study Questions and Problems. Appendix B Answers to Practice Quizzes. Appendix C Answers to Road Map Questions.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.