Economics /
John B. Taylor
- 3rd ed.
- Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 2001
- xxxix, 772 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 electronic optical disc (CD-ROM) (4 3/4 in.)
Pt. 1. Introduction to economics. 1. The central idea. 2. Observing and explaining the economy. 3. The supply and demand model. 4. Elasticity and its uses. - Pt. 2. Principles of microeconomics. 5. The demand curve and the behavior of consumers. 6. The supply curve and the behavior of firms. 7. The interaction of people in markets. - Pt. 3. The economics of the firm. 8. Costs and the changes at firms over time. 9. The rise and fall of industries. 10. Monopoly. 11. Product differentiation. monopolistic competition, and oligopoly. 12. Antitrust policy and regulation. - Pt. 4. Markets, income distribution, and public goods. 13. Labor markets. 14. Taxes, transfers and income distribution. 15. Public goods, externalities, and government behavior. 16. Physical capital and financial markets. - Pt. 5. Principles of macroeconomics. 17. Macroeconomics : the big picture. 18. Measuring the production, income, and spending of nations. 19. The spending allocation model. 20. Unemployment and employment. 21. Productivity and economic growth. 22. Money and inflation. - Pt. 6. Economic fluctuations and macroeconomic policy. 23. The nature and causes of economic flictuations. 24. The economic fluctuations model. 25. Using the economic fluctuations model. 26. Fiscal policy. 27. Monetary policy. - Pt. 7. Trade and global markets. 28. Economic growth around the world. 29. Tha gains from international trade. 30. International trade policy. 31. Emerging market economies. - Advanced topics. A. reading, understanding, and creating graphs. B. Consumer theory with indifference curves. C. Producer theory with isoquants. D. Present discounted value. E. The miracle of compound growth. F. Deriving the growth accounting formula. G. Deriving the formula for the Keynesian multiplier. H. The forward-looking consumption.
"The goal of this book is to present modern economics in a form that is intuitive, relevant, and memorable to students who have had no prior exposure to the subject." - Preface, p. xxix.
1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) : Tutorial & Simulation to accompany Economics, 3/e [by] Taylor [For Windows]. Includes Tutorial and simulation courseware to accompany Economics, 3/e [by] Taylor : user's guide. ISBN 0618056327