02293cam a2200361 a 4500 15484521 OSt 20220114144432.0 081015s2010 au a b 001 0 eng 2008939441 9780324591361 (student ed.) 0324591365 (student ed.) 9780324783810 (instructor's ed.) 0324783817 (instructor's ed.) (OCoLC)ocm86104615 DLC LC DLC pcc n-us--- HB171.5.T74 330 23 Tucker, Irvin B. Economics for today. / Irvin B. Tucker. 6th ed. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2010. xxxii, 845 p.: col. ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 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 -- Economics. United States Economic conditions 2001-2009. 7 cbc orignew 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 8404 15904 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2019-10-28 HB171.5.T74(6e) K/862/862/19 2022-01-14 00:00:00 2022-01-14 BK