01837nam a22002057a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062020001500080040000700095050001600102100001800118245011600136250001300252260003300265300003100298505127200329650001401601700001601615OSt20220125111709.0111209t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780073042138  a0073042137  cLC  aHB172.5.S31  qWilson, Linda  aStudy guide for use with the economy today by Bradley R. Schiller. /cPrepared by Linda Wilson and Mark Maier.   a10th ed.  aBoston:bMcGraw-Hill,c2006.  aviii, 506 p.:bill.c28cm.  aContents: I. Basic concepts: Economics: the core issues -- The U.S. Economy: a global view -- Supply and demand -- The Public sector -- II. Measuring macro outcomes: National-Income accounting -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- III. Cyclical instability: The Business cycle -- Aggregate demand -- Self-adjustment or instability? -- IV. Fiscal policy levers: Fiscal policy -- Deficits, surpluses and debt -- V. Monetary policy options: Money and banks -- The Federal Reserve System -- Monetary policy -- VI. Supply-side options: Supply-side policy: short-run options -- Growth and productivity: long-run possibilities -- VII. Policy constraints: Global macro -- Theory and reality -- VIII. Product markets: The Basics: The Demand for goods -- The Costs of production -- IX. Market structure: The Competitive firm -- Competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- X. Regulatory issues: (De)Regulation of business -- Environmental protection -- The Farm problem -- XI. Factor markets: basic theory: The Labor market -- Labor unions -- Financial markets -- XII. Distributional issues: Taxes:  equity vs. efficiency -- Transfer payments: welfare and social security -- XII. International economics: International trade -- International finance --  zEconomics  qMaier, Mark