Title:
Microeconomics.
Author:
Arnold, Roger A.
ISBN:
9780324785753
Personal Author:
Edition:
9. ed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : South-Western, 2010.
Physical Description:
551 p.
Contents:
Part 1:THE SCIENCE OF SCARCITY. 1. What Economics is About / ECONOMICS -- Working with Diagrams / Appendix A -- Producing and Trading / 2. Economic Activities -- Theory / 3. Supply and Demand -- Practice Macroeconomics / 4. Supply and Demand -- MICROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 5. Elasticity / Part 2 -- Maximizing Utility and Behavioral Economics / 6. Consume Choice -- Budget Constraint Analysis and Indifference Curve Analysis / Appendix B -- 7. Production and Costs -- PRODUCT MARKETS AND POLICIES. 8. Perfect Competition / Part 3 -- 9. Monopoly -- 10. Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Game Theory -- Antitrust and Regulation / 11. Government and Product Markets -- FACTOR MARKETS AND RELATED ISSUES. 12. Factor Markets: With Emphasis on the Labor Market / Part 4 -- 13. Wages, Unions, and Labor -- 14. The Distribution of Income and Poverty -- 15. Interest, Rent, and Profit -- MARKET FAILURE AND PUBLIC CHOICE. 16. Market Failure Externalities, Public Goods, and Asymmetric Information / Part 5 -- Economic Theory Applied to Politics The Global Economy / 17. Public Choice -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION. 18. International Trade / Part 6 -- 19. International Financ 20. Globalization and International Impacts on the Economy -- FINANCIAL MATTERS. 21. Stocks, Bonds, Futures, and Options / Part 7 -- Should You Majo in Economics? / Appendix C -- Self-Test Appendix -- Glossary -- Index -- Web Chapter -- 22. Agricultur Farmers' Problems, Government Policies, and Unintended Effects.
Abstract:
Covers the principles of economics. Featuring intriguing pop culture examples, this text illustrates the unexpected places economics occurs, and how economic forces link events to our lives. It features content reflecting a changing economy and resources addressing the needs of a changing classroom.