TY - BOOK AU - McConnell,Campbell R. AU - Brue,Stanley L. TI - Microeconomics: principles, problems, and policies SN - 0072898402 SN - 978007289 AV - HB172 .M3925 1 PY - 1999/// CY - Boston PB - Irwin/McGraw-Hill KW - Microeconomics N1 - Includes index; pt. 1. Introduction to economics and the economy. Limits, alternatives, and choices -- The market system and the circular flow -- pt. 2. Microeconomics of product markets. Businesses and the costs of production -- Pure competition in the short run -- Pure competition in the long run -- Pure monopoly -- Monopolistic competition and oligopoly -- pt. 3. Microeconomics of resource markets and government. The demand for resources -- Wage determination -- Rent, interest, and profit -- Natural resource and energy economics -- Public finance: expenditures and tax pt. 4. Microeconomics of Government Market failures: Government's role and government failure s – pt. 5. Microeconomic issues and policies. Antitrust policy and regulation -- Agriculture: economics and policy -- Income inequality, poverty, and discrimination -- Health care -- Immigration -- pt. 6. International economics. International trade -- The balance of payments, exchange rates, and trade deficits ER -