TY - BOOK AU - Colander,David C. TI - Microeconomics SN - 0072317949 (alk. paper) SN - 978007231 AV - HB172 .C558 PY - 2001/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Irwin/McGraw-Hill KW - Microeconomics N1 - A multi-media instructional package with related Website is available to supplement the text; Includes index; Economics and Economic Reasoning -- The economic organization- The Evolving U.S. Economy in Perspective -- Supply and Demand -- Supply and Demand -- Using Supply and Demand -- Microeconomics: The Basics -- Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities -- Taxation and Government Intervention -- Foundations of Supply and Demand -- The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation of Supply and Demand -- Production and Cost Analysis I -- Production and Cost Analysis II -- Market Structure and Policy -- Perfect Competition -- Monopoly -- Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Strategic Pricing -- Real-World Competition and Technology -- Antitrust Policy and Regulation -- Factor Markets -- Work and the Labor Market -- Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income -- Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy -- Government Policy and Market Failures -- Politics and Economics: The Case of Agriculture -- Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond -- International Trade Policy -- Macroeconomic Problems -- Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation -- National Income Accounting. The Macroeconomic Framework -- Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations -- Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Modern Macroeconomics -- The Multiplier Model -- Money and Monetary Policy -- Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector -- Monetary Policy and the Debate about Macro Policy -- Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth -- Policy Issues in Depth -- Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective -- Politics, Surpluses, Deficits, and Debt -- Macro Policies in Developing Countries -- International Policy Issues -- International Finance Policy -- Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Global Setting ER -