02016nam a2200277Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500570005810000210011526000560013625000080019230000300020030000110023050000190024102000220026065000190028265100180030165000210031965000390034005000120037954600120039150510900040352002100149333600090170333700150171233800110172720260803094008.0251212s2010    xx            000 0 und d1 aMicroeconomics for today's world /cIrvin B. Tucker.  aTucker, Irvin B.  aAustralia :bSouth-Western CENGAGE Learning,c2010.  a6th  axxxi, 494 p.: bcol. ill.  c26 cm.  aIncludes index  a978-0-324-78237-0  aMicroeconomics  aUnited States  aEconomic history  aMicroeconomicsxStudy and teaching  a338 T79  aEnglish  aPart 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. Glossary. Index.  aSuitable for students of varying levels of skills and preparation, this student-friendly text presents learners with the basics of economic principles and the context to apply them to their everyday lives.  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume