Economics /
David C. Colander.
- Fifth Edition
- 1 v. (various pagings) : illustration (some color) ; 27 cm.
Includes index.
Economics and Economic Reasoning -- Trade and Tradeoffs, and government policy -- The Evolving U.S. Economy in Perspective -- Supply and Demand -- Applying Supply and Demand -- Using Supply and Demand -- Microeconomics: The Basics -- Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities -- Taxation and Government Intervention -- Foundations of Supply and Demand -- The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation of Supply and Demand -- Production and Cost Analysis I -- Production and Cost Analysis II -- Market Structure and Policy -- Perfect Competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Strategic Pricing -- Real-World Competition and Technology -- Antitrust Policy and Regulation -- Factor Markets -- Work and the Labor Market -- Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income -- Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy -- Government Policy and Market Failures -- Politics and Economics: The Case of Agriculture -- Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond -- International Trade Policy -- Macroeconomic Problems -- Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation -- National Income Accounting. The Macroeconomic Framework -- Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations -- Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Modern Macroeconomics -- The Multiplier Model -- Money and Monetary Policy -- Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector -- Monetary Policy and the Debate about Macro Policy -- Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth -- Policy Issues in Depth -- Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective -- Politics, Surpluses, Deficits, and Debt -- Macro Policies in Developing Countries -- International Policy Issues -- International Finance Policy -- Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Global Setting.