Economics / Michael Parkin.
By: Parkin, Michael.
Publisher: Boston : Addison-Wesley, c2010Description: xxxvii, 780 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780131394650 (hbk.); 0201059312 (hbk.).Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
Floor 3, Shelf 5 , Side 1, TierNo 4, BayNo 7 |
330 PAR 2012 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SHTEx,70002,03,GR | 5000114774 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is economics? -- The economic problem -- How markets work -- Demand and supply -- Elasticity -- Efficiency and equity -- Government actions in markets -- Global markets -- Households' choice -- Utility and demand -- Possibilities, preferences, and choices -- Firms and markets -- Organizing production -- Output and costs -- Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Oligopoly -- Market failure and government -- Externalities -- Public goods and common resources -- Factor markets, inequality, and uncertainty -- Markets for factors of production -- Economic inequality -- Uncertainty and information -- Monitoring macroeconomic trends and fluctuations -- Measuring gdp and economic growth -- Monitoring jobs and inflation -- Macroeconomic trends -- Economic growth -- Finance, saving, and investment -- Money, the price level, and inflation -- The exchange rate and the balance of payments -- Macroeconomic fluctuations -- Aggregate supply and aggregate demand -- Expenditure multipliers: the keynesian model -- U.s. inflation, unemployment, and business cycles -- Macroeconomic policy -- Fiscal policy -- Monetary policy.