Microeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies

by MCCONNELL

• ISBN13: 9780072498523
• ISBN10: 0072498528
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

McConnell-Brue's Principles of Microeconomics, 15 is the best-selling textbook and has been teaching students in a clear, unbiased way for 40 years. The 14th edition grew market share because of its clear and careful treatment of principles of microeconomics concepts, its balanced coverage, and its patient explanations. More students have learned their principles of Microeconomics from McConnell-Brue than any other text-12 million of them. The 15th edition is a substantial revision that delivers a tighter, modern, Internet-savvy book.ook.ok.

Table of Contents

PART ONE An Introduction to Economics and the Economy
To the Student	2	(1)
The Nature and Method of Economics	3	(19)
The Economizing Problem	22	(18)
Individual Markets: Demand and Supply	40	(19)
The Market System	59	(14)
The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors	73	(20)
The United States in the Global Economy	93	(23)
PART TWO Microeconomics of Product Markets
Supply and Demand: Elasticity and Government-Set Prices	116	(20)
Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization	136	(21)
The Costs of Production	157	(22)
Pure Competition	179	(26)
Pure Monopoly	205	(23)
Monoplistic Competition and Oligopoly	228	(24)
Technology, R&D and Efficiency	252	(22)
PART THREE Microeconomics of Resource Markets
The Demand for Resources	274	(18)
Wage Determination	292	(22)
Rent, Interest, and Profit	314	(16)
PART FOUR Microeconomics of Government
Government and Market Failure	330	(23)
Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation	353	(21)
PART FIVE Microeconomic Issues and Policies
Antitrust Policy and Regulation	374	(17)
Agriculture: Economics and Policy	391	(18)
Income Inequality and Poverty	409	(20)
Labor Market Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, Immigration	429	(23)
The Economics of Health Care	452	(20)
PART SIX International Economics and the World Economy
International Trade	472	(22)
Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits	494
WEB BONUS CHAPTER Transition Economies: Russia and China www.mhhe-com/economics/mcconnell15
Glossary	1	(1)
Index	1