TY - BOOK AU - Dobson, Stephen AU - Palfreman, Susan TI - Introduction to economics SN - 0198775652 U1 - 330 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Microeconomics KW - Macroeconomics N1 - Includes index; Part 1. Microeconomics -- 1. Making economic decisions -- 2. Scarcity and choice -- 3. Markets -- 4. Markets: some extensions -- 5. Applications of market analysis -- 6. Elasticity of demand -- 7. Production and costs -- 8. The competitive market model -- 9. Imperfect competition -- 10. Imperfect competition in action -- 11. The market for labour -- 12. Market failure -- Part 2. Macroeconomics -- 13. The focus for economics -- 14. Measuring the economy: output and living standards -- 15. Measuring the economy: inflation and unemployment -- 16. Macroeconomics and history -- 17. The aggregate demand and aggregate supply model -- 18. A closer look at aggregate supply -- 19. A closer look at aggregate demand: the Keynesian model -- 20. Fiscal policy -- 21. Money (1) -- 22. Money (2) -- 23. A review of inflation -- 24. The open economy: international trade and the exchange rate; 300-399 N2 - Introducing students to some of the key concepts used by economists, this text shows how to analyze a variety of social and economic issues. Concepts are introduced in the context of real world applications, and many macroeconomic themes are presented in the context of their historical development ER -