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020 _a9780073375892 (alk. paper)
020 _a0073375896 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aHB171.5
_b.S292 2010
082 0 0 _a330
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100 1 _aSchiller, Bradley R.,
_d1943-
_eauthor
245 1 4 _aThe economy today /
_cBradley R. Schiller.
250 _aTwelfth Edition
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_c[2010]
264 4 _cc2010.
300 _axxix, 796 pages :
_bcol. illustrations ;
_c29 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _a Part 1: The economic challenge -- Economic: the core issues -- The U.S. economy: a global view -- Supply and demand -- The role of government -- Part 2: Measuring macro outcomes -- National-income accounting -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- Part 3: Cyclical instability -- The business cycle -- Aggregate demand -- Self-adjustment or instability? -- Part 4: Fiscal policy tools -- Fiscal policy -- Deficits and debt -- Part 5: Monetary policy options -- Money and banks -- The Federal Reserve system -- Monetary policy -- Part 6: Supply-side options -- Supply-side policy: short-run options -- Growth and productivity: long run possibilities -- Part 7: Policy constraints -- Theory versus reality -- Part 8: Product markets: the basics -- Consumer demand -- The costs of production -- Part 9: Market structure -- The competitive firm -- Competitive markets -- Monopoly -- Oligopoly -- Monopolistic competition -- Part 10: Regulatory issues -- (De)regulation of business -- Environmental protection -- The farm problem -- Part 11: Factor markets: basic theory -- The labor market -- Labor unions -- Financial markets -- Part 12: Distributional issues -- Taxes: equity versus efficiency -- transfer payments: welfare and social security -- Part 13: International economics -- International trade -- International finance -- Global poverty.
520 _aEmphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This title teaches economics in a relevant context, filling chapters with the real facts and applications of economic life. It presents macro theory in the context of the AS/AD framework.
526 _a300-399
650 0 _aEconomics.
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