02607cam a2200289 a 4500 12987642 OSt 20220118112556.0 021031s2004 ohua b 001 0 eng 2002115318 032431566X (DLC) 2002115318 DLC DLC DLC pcc HB171.5.A69 330 21 Arnold, Roger A. Economics. / Roger A. Arnold. 7th ed. International student edition) Mason, Ohio : Thomson/South-Western, 2005. xlvii, 816 p. : col. ill. ; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 1. Economics: the science of scarcity: What economics is about -- Economic activities: producing and trading -- Supply and demand: theory -- Supply and demand: practice -- Economics in perspective: musical notes, economic notes -- 2. Macroeconomic fundamentals: Macroeconomic measurements part I: prices and unemployment -- Macroeconomic measurements part II: GDP and real GDP -- Economics in perspective: the stories behind the numbers -- 3. Macroeconomic stability, instability and fiscal policy: Aggregate demand and aggregate supply -- The Self-regulating economy -- Economy instability: a critique of the self-regulating economy -- The Federal budget and fiscal policy -- 4. Money, the economy and monetary policy: Money and banking -- The Federal reserve system -- Money and the economy -- Monetary policy -- 5. Expectations theory and the economy -- Economic growth: resources. technology and ideas -- Economics in perspective: debates in macroeconomics -- 6. Microeconomic fundamentals: Elasticity -- Consumer choice: maximizing utility and behavioral economics -- The Firm -- Production and costs -- 7. Product markets and policies: Perfect competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic competition, oligopoly and game theory -- Government and product markets: antitrust and regulation -- Economics in perspective: Intuition and counterintuition -- 8. Factor markets and related issues: Factor markets: with emphasis on the labor market -- Wages, unions and labor -- The Distribution of income and poverty -- Interest, rent and profit -- 9. Market failure and public choice: Market failure: externalities, public goods and asymmetric information -- Public choice: economic theory applied to politics -- 10. International economics: theory and policy: International trade -- International finance -- Economics. 7 cbc orignew 3 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 8416 15916 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2019-10-23 0 HB171.5.A69(7e) K/272/272/19 2022-01-17 00:00:00 1 2022-01-17 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2019-10-23 0 HB171.5.A6917e) K/273/273/19 2022-01-17 00:00:00 2 2022-01-17 BK