01510cam a2200217 a 4500001000700000003000400007005001700011008004100028010001700069020001500086040001800101050001600119082001400135245006400149260004300213300003500256504005100291505090800342653001901250700002301269204865OSt20210625152854.0990615s2000    txua     b    001 0 eng    a   99064605   a0324315643  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aHB171.5.U5500a338.522110aUnderstanding microeconomics. /c Russell S. Sobel [et al.]  aLondon:bThomson/Soutn-Western,c2006.  axviii, 386 p. :bill. (col.) ;  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: 1. The Economic way of thinking: the economic approach -- Some tools of the economist --  -- 2. Markets and governments: Supply, demand , and the market process -- supply and demand: applications nd extensions -- Difficult cases for the market and the role of government -- The economics of collective decision making --  3. Core microeconomics: Consumer choice and elasticity -- Costs and the supply of goods -- Price takers and the competitive process -- Price-searcher markets with low entry barriers -- Price-searcher markets with high entry barriers -- The supply and demand for productive resources -- Earnings, productivity, and the job market -- Investments, hte capital market, and the wealth of nations -- Income inequality and poverty -- Gaining from international trade -- Appendices: General business and economic indicators -- Answers to selected critical analysis questions  --   aMicroeconomics1 aSobel, Russell S.,