01542nam a22001697a 4500 110829t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0123110653 9780123110657 HB171.5 .G963 Gwartney, James D. James D. Gwartney Microeconomics : private and public choice James D. Gwartney New York Academic Press ©1977 xvii, 389 p. ill. 24 cm Includes index. Contents: I. The Economic approach -- Some tools of the economist -- Market decisions and the market process -- A Bird's-eye view of the public sector -- II. Microeconomics: Demand and consumer choice -- Costs and producer decisions -- The Firm under pure competition -- Monopolistic competition, product differentiation, and low barriers to entry -- Oligopoly and the world of big business -- Business structure,competition, and public policy -- III. Factor markets and income distribution: The Supply and demand of productive resources -- Earnings and the job market -- Union power - a shield or a threat? -- Inequality,income mobility, and poverty -- Employment discrimination and the earnings of blacks and women --IV. Public choice: Problem areas of the market -- Public choice and gaining from government -- The Economics of government failure -- V. Capitalism and socialism: Comparative economic systems -- Appendix A: A Graphic look at economics -- Suggestions for additional reading -- Hints for answering discussion questions Microeconomics. lcc BK 37 7537 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2011-08-29 0 HB171.5 .G963 045/11 2011-08-29 00:00:00 1 2011-08-29 BK