01889nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500530005810000210011170000410013226000440017325000080021730000260022530000110025150000220026202000220028465000190030665000140032505000130033954600120035250508740036452003500123833600090158833700150159733800110161220260803094010.0251212s2009    xx            000 0 und d1 aPrinciples of macroeconomics /cRobert H. Frank.  aFrank, Robert H.  aBernanke, Ben S.; Johnston, Louis D.  aBoston, MA :bMcGraw-Hill Irwin,c2009.  a4th  axxxii, 508 p. : ill.:  c27 cm.  aIncludes glossary  a978-0-07-128539-1  aMicroeconomics  aEconomics  a339 F84p  aEnglish  aPreface -- 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 --  aStates 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  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume