TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tucker, Irvin B.
TI  - Microeconomics for today's world
SN  - 978-0-324-78237-0
AV  - 338 T79 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Australia
PB  - South-Western CENGAGE Learning
KW  - Microeconomics
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes index; 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. Glossary. Index
N2  - Suitable 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
ER  -