Microeconomics

by Arnold, Roger A.

• ISBN13: 9780324785494
• ISBN10: 0324785496
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-17
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

This engaging text continues to set the standard for clear, balanced, and thorough coverage of the principles of economics. Packed with intriguing pop culture examples, it bolsters student interest by illustrating the unexpected places economics occurs, and how economic forces link events to our lives. With new content reflecting a changing economy and new resources addressing the needs of a changing classroom, MICROECONOMICS, 9e is an ideal solution for Principles courses.

Table of Contents

Economics: The Science Of Scarcity

What Economics is About

Working with Diagrams

Economic Activities: Producing and Trading

Supply and Demand: Theory

Supply and Demand: Practice Macroeconomics

Microeconomic Fundamentals

Elasticity

Consumer Choice: Maximizing Utility and Behavioral Economics

Budget Constraint Analysis and Indifference Curve Analysis

Production and Costs

Product Markets And Policies

Perfect Competition

Monopoly

Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Game Theory

Government and Product Markets: Antitrust and Regulation

Factor Markets And Related Issues

Factor Markets: With Emphasis on the Labor Market

Wages, Unions, and Labor

The Distribution of Income and Poverty

Interest, Rent, and Profit

Market Failure And Public Choice

Market Failure: Externalities, Public Goods, and Asymmetric Information

Public Choice: Economic Theory Applied to Politics The Global Economy

International Economics And Globalization

International Trade

International Finance

Globalization and International Impacts on the Economy

Financial Matters

Stocks, Bonds, Futures, and Options

Should You Major in Economics?

Self-Test Appendix

Glossary

Index Web Chapter

Agriculture: Farmers' Problems, Government Policies, and Unintended Effects

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