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050 0 0 _aHB171.5.T74
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100 1 _aTucker, Irvin B.
245 1 0 _aEconomics for today. /
_cIrvin B. Tucker.
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aMason, OH:
_bSouth-Western Cengage Learning,
_c2010.
300 _axxxii, 845 p.:
_bcol. ill. ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _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 --
650 0 _aEconomics.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y2001-2009.
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