Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past : From 1000 to 1800

by Bentley, Jerry H.; Ziegler, Herbert

• ISBN13: 9780072431643
• ISBN10: 0072431644
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

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 National Income, Employment, and Fiscal Policy
Measuring Domestic Output, National Income, and the Price Level	116	(20)
Introduction to Economic Growth and Instability	136	(23)
Building the Aggregate Expenditures Model	159	(23)
Aggregate Expenditures: The Multiplier, Net Exports, and Government	182	(21)
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply	203	(21)
Fiscal Policy	224	(20)
PART THREE Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy
Money and Banking	244	(21)
How Banks and Thrifts Create Money	265	(17)
Monetary Policy	282	(24)
PART FOUR Long-Run Perspectives and Macroeconomic Debates
Extending the Analysis of Aggregate Supply	306	(17)
Economic Growth and the New Economy	323	(18)
Deficits, Surpluses, and the Public Debt	341	(14)
Disputes over Macro Theory and Policy	355	(19)
PART FIVE Microeconomics of Product Markets
Supply and Demand: Elasticities and Government-Set Prices	374	(20)
Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization	394	(21)
The Costs of Production	415	(22)
Pure Competition	437	(26)
Pure Monopoly	463	(23)
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly	486	(24)
Technology, R&D, and Efficiency	510	(22)
PART SIX Microeconomics of Resource Markets
The Demand for Resources	532	(18)
Wage Determination	550	(22)
Rent, Interest, and Profit	572	(16)
PART SEVEN Microeconomics of Government
Government and Market Failure	588	(23)
Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation	611	(21)
PART EIGHT Microeconomic Issues and Policies
Antitrust Policy and Regulation	632	(17)
Agriculture: Economics and Policy	649	(18)
Income Inequality and Poverty	667	(20)
Labor Market Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, Immigration	687	(23)
The Economics of Health Care	710	(20)
PART NINE International Economics and the World Economy
International Trade	730	(22)
Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits	752	(21)
The Economies of Developing Countries	773
WEB BONUS CHAPTER
Transition Economies: Russia and China www.mhhe.com/economics/mcconnell15
Glossary	1	(1)
Index	1