Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 604 pages
- Published by: Addison Wesley; 14 edition February 4, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0321425065
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0321425065
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 2.6 pounds
Product Description
Readers learn best when they see a concept applied in the context of examples
they understand. That is why
Economics Today is so successful when readers hail from a wide variety of backgrounds. An abundance of relentlessly current, news-worthy examples motivate every chapter and reflect the interests of today’s diverse reader population.
Introduction: The Nature of Economics; Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs; Demand and Supply; Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis; The Public Sector and Public Choice; Taxes, Transfers, and Public Spending;
Dimensions of Microeconomics: Consumer Choice; Demand and Supply Elasticity; Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business;
Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation: The Firm: Cost and Output Determination; Perfect Competition; Monopoly; Monopolistic Competition; Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior; Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy;
Labor Resources and the Environment: The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing; Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power; Income, Poverty, and Health Care; Environmental Economics;
Global Economics: Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy; Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments.
For all readers interested in principles of microeconomics.
About The Author
Roger LeRoy Miller received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is currently Director of the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Miller is a legal specialist and author of numerous books on law and the legal environment, including criminal procedure. In addition, Dr. Miller has authored books on the war on drugs, the economics of crime and criminal behavior, and on related topics.
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