Principles of macroeconomics / Robert H. Frank.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA : McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009.Edition: 4thDescription: xxxii, 508 p. : ill; 27 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-07-128539-1
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 339 F84p
Contents:
Preface -- pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Thinking like an economist -- 2. Comparative advantage : the basis for exchange -- 3. Supply and demand : an introduction -- pt. 2. Competition and the invisible hand -- 4. Elasticity -- 5. Demand : the benefit side of the market -- 6. Perfectly competitive supply : the cost side of the market -- 7. Efficiency and exchange -- 8. The quest for profit and the invisible hand -- 9. International trade -- pt. 3. Market imperfections -- 10. Monopoly and other forms of imperfect competition -- 11. Strategic choice in oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and everyday life -- 12. Externalities and property rights -- 13. The economics of information -- pt. 4. Economics of public policy -- 14. Labor markets, poverty, and income distribution -- 15. The environment, health, and safety -- 16. Public goods and tax policy -- Glossary --
Summary: States that innovative texts in mathematics, science, and foreign languages have achieved pedagogical gains by abandoning the traditional encyclopedic approach in favor of attempting to teach a short list of core principles in depth. This book introduces core principles and reinforces them by illustrating and applying each in numerous contexts
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Preface -- pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Thinking like an economist -- 2. Comparative advantage : the basis for exchange -- 3. Supply and demand : an introduction -- pt. 2. Competition and the invisible hand -- 4. Elasticity -- 5. Demand : the benefit side of the market -- 6. Perfectly competitive supply : the cost side of the market -- 7. Efficiency and exchange -- 8. The quest for profit and the invisible hand -- 9. International trade -- pt. 3. Market imperfections -- 10. Monopoly and other forms of imperfect competition -- 11. Strategic choice in oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and everyday life -- 12. Externalities and property rights -- 13. The economics of information -- pt. 4. Economics of public policy -- 14. Labor markets, poverty, and income distribution -- 15. The environment, health, and safety -- 16. Public goods and tax policy -- Glossary --

States that innovative texts in mathematics, science, and foreign languages have achieved pedagogical gains by abandoning the traditional encyclopedic approach in favor of attempting to teach a short list of core principles in depth. This book introduces core principles and reinforces them by illustrating and applying each in numerous contexts

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