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9780132786164

Economics Today and MyEconLab with Pearson eText Access Card Package

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    9780132786164

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    0132786168

  • Edition: 16th
  • Format: Package
  • Copyright: 2011-05-09
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Miller's Economics Todayremains committed to providing readers with discussion and coverage of the most current issues and events. Given the immense changes in our economy, this sixteenth edition of Economics Todayaddresses what has occurred and discusses the importance of today's major economic issues.

Author Biography

Roger LeRoy Miller is currently affiliated with the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. Prior to this affiliation, he has held faculty appointments at the University of Washington at Seattle, the University of Hawaii, Clemson University, and the University of Miami, where he co-founded the Law and Economics Center.    

      

Miller has authored and co-authored a myriad of articles and textbooks. He is the sole author of the best-selling Economics Today text and a co-author of the highly successful Economics of Public Issues.    In addition to his work in academia, Miller has been invited to give talks and lectures across America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and France. He has also served as a consultant to several law firms and numerous state and federal agencies.

Table of Contents

Miller, Economics Today 16e

Brief Table of Contents

 

PART I Introduction

1 The Nature of Economics

2 Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs

3 Demand and Supply

4 Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis

5 Public Spending and Public Choice

6 Funding the Public Sector

 

PART 2 Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth

7 The Macroeconomy: Unemployment, Inflation and Deflation

8 Measuring the Economy’s Performance

9 Global Economic Growth and Development

 

PART 3 Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Policy

10 Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run

11 Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses

12 Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier

13 Fiscal Policy

14 Deficit Spending and the Public Debt

 

PART 4 Money, Stabilization, and Growth

15 Money, Banking, and Central Banking

16 Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy

17 Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy

18 Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth

 

PART 5 Dimensions of Microeconomics

19 Demand and Supply Elasticity

20 Consumer Choice

21 Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business

 

PART 6 Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation

22 The Firm: Cost and Output Determination

23 Perfect Competition

24 Monopoly

25 Monopolistic Competition

26 Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior

27 Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy

 

PART 7 Labor Resources and the Environment

28 The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing

29 Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power

30 Income, Poverty, and Health Care

31 Environmental Economics

 

PART 8 Global Economics

32 Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy

33 Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments

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