Microeconomics or Macroeconomics for Today

Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice

Author: James D Gwartney

ECONOMICS: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICE includes many more engaging elements—such as scenes from popular movies and applications of economic theory to real-world issues—to help you see how these theories apply to the world around you. Each chapter has been updated to reflect today's market, including analysis and explanation of measures of current economic activity. You'll also find highlights of the lives of notable economists and how they contributed to the thinking that shapes our markets today. Common economic myths are dispelled, and the "invisible hand" metaphor is applied to economic theory, demonstrating how it's working even today to stimulate the economy. This 12th edition includes new technology features such as a robust set of online multimedia learning tools, including video clips and free quizzes designed to support your classroom work; a completely updated Aplia interactive learning system with practice problems, interactive tutorials, onli ne experiences, and more.

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This new edition of a microeconomics textbook is aimed at first and second year undergraduates and incorporates new material on entrepreneurialism, the Microsoft case, the California electricity crisis, and millionaires in America. Chapters are divided into sections covering the economic approach and tools of the economist; markets and governments; core microeconomics (e.g., demand and consumer choice, costs and the supply of goods, and earnings, productivity, and the job market); international economics; and selected advanced topics such as government spending and taxation. The CD-ROM contains animated presentations, interactive graphing exercises, and simulations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Part 1	The Economic Way of Thinking	1
Chapter 1	The Economic Approach	4
Chapter 2	Some Tools of the Economist	27
Part 2	Markets and Governments	53
Chapter 3	Supply, Demand, and the Market Process	56
Chapter 4	Supply and Demand: Applications and Extensions	86
Chapter 5	The Economic Role of Government	112
Chapter 6	The Economics of Collective Decision Making	130
Part 3	Core Microeconomics	153
Chapter 7	Demand and Consumer Choice	156
Chapter 8	Costs and the Supply of Goods	184
Chapter 9	Price Takers and the Competitive Process	210
Chapter 10	Price-Searcher Markets with Low Entry Barriers	233
Chapter 11	Price-Searcher Markets with High Entry Barriers	253
Chapter 12	The Supply of and Demand for Productive Resources	280
Chapter 13	Earnings, Productivity, and the Job Market	300
Chapter 14	Investment, the Capital Market, and the Wealth of Nations	318
Chapter 15	Income Inequality and Poverty	336
Part 4	International Economics	355
Chapter 16	Gaining from International Trade	359
Chapter 17	International Finance and the Foreign Exchange Market	383
Part 5	Beyond the Basics	407
Special Topic 1	Government Spending and Taxation	410
Special Topic 2	The Internet: How Is it Changing the Economy?	421
Special Topic 3	The Economics of Social Security	431
Special Topic 4	The Stock Market: What Does It Do and How Has It Performed?	442
Special Topic 5	The Economic of Health Care	455
Special Topic 6	School Choice: Can It Improve the Quality of Education in America?	467
Special Topic 7	Is Discrimination Responsible for the Earnings Differences Between Men and Women?	475
Special Topic 8	Do Labor Unions Increase the Wag es of Workers?	481
Special Topic 9	How Does Government Regulation Affect Your Life?	494
Special Topic 10	Natural Resources and the Future	505
Special Topic 11	Economics and the Environment	516
Appendix A	General Business and Economic Indicators	527
Appendix B	Answers to Selected Critical Analysis Questions	537
	Glossary	553
	Credits	561
	Index	563

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Macroeconomics for Today

Author: Irvin B Tucker

A concise text focusing on core concepts, Macroeconomics for Today, 3e includes a wealth of useful pedagogical features to provide opportunities for critical thinking, interactive reading, and built-in self-assessment. It also aids the visual learner by giving special attention to figures and graphs.

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A textbook for a two-term course explaining the basic operations of the US economy. Rather than taking an encyclopedic approach, Tucker (U. of North Carolina-Charlotte) focuses on the most important tool in economics for analyzing supply and demand and applies it to real-world economic issues. One of his goals is to simplify the confusing array of economic analyses that force students simply to memorize in order to pass the course. No date is noted for the first edition; the second includes online and Web exercises, Internet addresses of relevant sites, more on international economics, and new chapter summaries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS . 1. Introducing the Economic Way of Thinking. 2. Production Possibilities and Opportunity Cost. 3. Market Supply and Demand. 4. Markets in Action. PART II: MACROECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS. 5. Gross Domestic Product. 6. Business Cycles and Unemployment. 7. Inflation. PART III: MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY. 8. The Keynesian Model. 9. The Keynesian Model in Action. 10. Aggregate Demand and Supply 11. Fiscal Policy. 12. The Public Sector. 13. Federal Deficits and the National Debt. PART IV: MONEY, BANKING, AND MONETARY POLICY. 14. Money and the Federal Reserve System. 15. Money Creation. 16. Monetary Policy. 17. The Phillips Curve and Expectations Theory. PART V: THE NTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. 18. International Trade and Finance 19. Comparative Economic Systems 20. Growth and the Less-Developed Countries.