02106cam a2200313 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000320008802000290012002000370014902000340018603500230022004000170024304200080026004300120026805000160028008200120029610000210030824500450032925000120037426000560038630000400044250400510048250511930053365000150172665100510174115484521OSt20220114144432.0081015s2010    au a     b    001 0 eng    a  2008939441  a9780324591361 (student ed.)  a0324591365 (student ed.)  a9780324783810 (instructor's ed.)  a0324783817 (instructor's ed.)  a(OCoLC)ocm86104615  aDLCcLCdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aHB171.5.T7400a3302231 aTucker, Irvin B.10aEconomics for today. /cIrvin B. Tucker.  a6th ed.  aMason, OH:bSouth-Western Cengage Learning, c2010.  axxxii, 845 p.:bcol. ill. ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: 1. Introduction to economics: Introducing the economic way of thinking -- Production possibilities, opportunity cost and economic growth -- 2. Microeconomic fundamentals: Market demand and supply -- Markets in action -- Price elasticity of demand and supply -- Consumer choice theory -- Production costs -- 3. Market structures: Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- Labor markets -- 4. Microeconomic policy issues: Income distribution, poverty and discrimination -- Antitrust and regulation -- Environmental economics -- 5. Macroeconomic fundamentals: Gross domestic product -- Business cycles and unemployment -- Inflation -- 6. Macroeconomic theory and policy: The Keynesian model -- The Keynesian model in action -- Aggregate demand and supply -- Fiscal policy -- The Public sector -- Federal deficits, surpluses and the national debt -- 7. Money, banking and monetary policy: Money and the federal reserve system -- Money creation -- Monetary policy -- The Philips curve and expectations theory -- 8. The International economy: International trade and finance -- Economies in transition -- Growth and the less-developed countries --   0aEconomics. 0aUnited StatesxEconomic conditionsy2001-2009.