Economics :
McConnell, Campbell R.
Economics : principles, problems, and policies / Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue. - 14th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1999. - 1 v. : col. ill. 26cm.
Includes index.
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Suggested One-Semester and One-Quarter Course --
Outlines --
Pt. 1. An Introduction to Economics and the Economy --
1. The Nature and Method of Economics --
2. The Economizing Problem --
3. Pure Capitalism and the Circular Flow --
4. Understanding Individual Markets: Supply and Demand --
5. The Private Sectors and the Market System --
6. The Public Sector --
Pt. 2. National Income, Employment, and Fiscal Policy --
7. Measuring Domestic Output, National Income, and the Price Level --
8. Macroeconomic Instability: Unemployment and Inflation --
9. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply --
10. Classical and Keynesian Theories of Employment --
11. Equilibrium Domestic Output in the Keynesian Model --
12. Fiscal Policy --
Pt. 3. Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy --
13. Money and Banking --
14. How Banks Create Money --
15. The Federal Reserve Banks and Monetary Policy --
Pt. 4. Problems and Controversies in Macroeconomics --
16. Alternative Views: Monetarism and Rational Expectations --
17. The Inflation-Unemployment Relationship --
18. Budget Deficits and the Public Debt --
19. Economic Growth --
Pt. 5. Microeconomics of Product and Resource Markets --
20. Demand and Supply: Elasticities and Applications --
21. Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization --
22. The Costs of Production --
23. Price and Output Determination: Pure Competition --
24. Price and Output Determination: Pure Monopoly --
25. Price and Output Determination: Monopolistic Competition --
26. Price and Output Determination: Oligopoly --
27. Production and the Demand for Resources --
28. The Pricing and Employment of Resources: Wage Determination --
29. The Pricing and Employment of Resources: Rent, Interest, and Profits --
30. General Equilibrium: The Market System and Its Operation --
Pt. 6. Government and Current Economic Problems --
31. Government and Market Failure: Public Goods, the Environment, and Information Problems --
32. Public Choice Theory and Taxation --
33. Antitrust and Regulation --
34. Agriculture: Economics and Policy --
35. Income Inequality and Poverty --
36. Labor Market Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, and Immigration --
Pt. 7. International Economics and the World Economy --
37. International Trade: Comparative Advantage and Protectionism --
38. Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits --
39. Growth and the Less Developed Countries --
40. The Soviet Economy in Transition --
Glossary --
0070470944
9780070470941
Economics
HB171.5 / .M47
Economics : principles, problems, and policies / Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue. - 14th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1999. - 1 v. : col. ill. 26cm.
Includes index.
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Suggested One-Semester and One-Quarter Course --
Outlines --
Pt. 1. An Introduction to Economics and the Economy --
1. The Nature and Method of Economics --
2. The Economizing Problem --
3. Pure Capitalism and the Circular Flow --
4. Understanding Individual Markets: Supply and Demand --
5. The Private Sectors and the Market System --
6. The Public Sector --
Pt. 2. National Income, Employment, and Fiscal Policy --
7. Measuring Domestic Output, National Income, and the Price Level --
8. Macroeconomic Instability: Unemployment and Inflation --
9. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply --
10. Classical and Keynesian Theories of Employment --
11. Equilibrium Domestic Output in the Keynesian Model --
12. Fiscal Policy --
Pt. 3. Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy --
13. Money and Banking --
14. How Banks Create Money --
15. The Federal Reserve Banks and Monetary Policy --
Pt. 4. Problems and Controversies in Macroeconomics --
16. Alternative Views: Monetarism and Rational Expectations --
17. The Inflation-Unemployment Relationship --
18. Budget Deficits and the Public Debt --
19. Economic Growth --
Pt. 5. Microeconomics of Product and Resource Markets --
20. Demand and Supply: Elasticities and Applications --
21. Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization --
22. The Costs of Production --
23. Price and Output Determination: Pure Competition --
24. Price and Output Determination: Pure Monopoly --
25. Price and Output Determination: Monopolistic Competition --
26. Price and Output Determination: Oligopoly --
27. Production and the Demand for Resources --
28. The Pricing and Employment of Resources: Wage Determination --
29. The Pricing and Employment of Resources: Rent, Interest, and Profits --
30. General Equilibrium: The Market System and Its Operation --
Pt. 6. Government and Current Economic Problems --
31. Government and Market Failure: Public Goods, the Environment, and Information Problems --
32. Public Choice Theory and Taxation --
33. Antitrust and Regulation --
34. Agriculture: Economics and Policy --
35. Income Inequality and Poverty --
36. Labor Market Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, and Immigration --
Pt. 7. International Economics and the World Economy --
37. International Trade: Comparative Advantage and Protectionism --
38. Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits --
39. Growth and the Less Developed Countries --
40. The Soviet Economy in Transition --
Glossary --
0070470944
9780070470941
Economics
HB171.5 / .M47