Essentials of Economics

by SCHILLER

• ISBN13: 9780073402796
• ISBN10: 0073402796
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Essentials of Economics is the market leader for the one-semester survey course. In just about 400 pages, it provides a solid introduction to the core concepts of economics with an emphasis on real-world examples and current events. Essentials has earned its popular success because, unlike other books on the market, it is free of the abstract and complex theory that requires more time than this course allows. Instead, the text is clean and concise, with many examples of significance to students today, including Headlines and Policy Perspectives that use current events to help illustrate the topics discussed. This real-world policy emphasis is a distinctive feature of Schiller's text and is integral to its dominance of the survey text market.

Table of Contents

Section I: Basics

Chapter 1 The Challenge of Economics

Chapter 2 The U.S. Economy

Chapter 3 Supply and Demand

Section II: Microeconomics

Chapter 4 Consumer Demand

Chapter 5 Supply Decisions

Chapter 6 Competition

Chapter 7 Monopoly

Chapter 8 The Labor Market

Chapter 9 Government Intervention

Section III: Macroeconomics

Chapter 10 The Business Cycle

Chapter 11 Aggregate Supply and Demand

Chapter 12 Fiscal Policy

Chapter 13 Money and Banks

Chapter 14 Monetary Policy

Chapter 15 Economic Growth

Chapter 16 Theory and Reality

Section IV: International

Chapter 17 International Trade

Glossary

Index