Economics Today
Author | : Roger LeRoy Miller |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0321594525 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780321594525 |
Rating | : 4/5 (525 Downloads) |
Download or read book Economics Today written by Roger LeRoy Miller and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. With an abundance of relentlessly current examples,Economics Today: The Micro Viewappeals to today’s diverse population by presenting ideas clearly, at an accessible level, and in the context of newsworthy applications. Introduction: The Nature of Economics; Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs; Demand and Supply; Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis; Public Spending and Public Choice; Funding the Public Sector.Dimensions of Microeconomics: Demand and Supply Elasticity; Consumer Choice; 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 Behavi∨ 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 microeconomics.