Author | Baumol, William J |
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Title | Economics : principles and policy / William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder |
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Imprint |
Mason, Ohio : South-Western, c2005 |
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Edition |
9th ed 2004 update |
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Descript |
xxxviii, 772 : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
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CONTENT
What is economics? -- Scarcity and choice: the economic problem -- Supply and demand: an initial look -- Consumer choice: individual and market demand -- Demand and elasticity -- Production, inputs, and cost: building blocks for supply analysis -- Output, price, and profit: the importance of marginal analysis -- The firm and the industry under perfect competition -- The price system and the case for free markets -- Monopoly -- Between competition and monopoly -- The market mechanism: shortcomings and remedies -- Microeconomics of the "new economy": innovation and growth -- Real firms and their financing: stocks and bonds -- Pricing the factors of production -- Labor: the human input -- Poverty, inequality, and discrimination -- Limiting market power: regulation and antitrust -- Taxation and resource allocation -- Externalities, the environment, and natural resources
SUBJECT
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Economics
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