Economics Today The Micro View

by Miller, Roger LeRoy

• ISBN13: 9780134479828
• ISBN10: 0134479823
• Edition: 19th
• Copyright: 2017-01-09
• Publisher: PEARSO

Summary

For courses in Microeconomics.

 

Economics brought to life through real-world application

Readers learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives, so Economics Today: The Micro View addresses real, cutting-¿edge issues while facilitating individual learning. The text shows readers how economics is front and center in their daily routines, while providing them with many ways to evaluate their understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter. The 19th Edition also includes a new emphasis on behavioral economics, along with all-new problems, vignettes, and features that engage readers and help them focus on the central ideas in economics today.

Table of Contents

PART 1: 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 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

 

Note: Chapters 7-18 are not available in this book.