Principles of economics / Moore McDowell ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: London : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2012.Edition: 3rd European edDescription: xxx, 758 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780077132736 (pbk.)
- 0077132734 (pbk.)
- 330 MCD
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With an accessible approach, this 3rd edition provides students with the tools to analyze current economic issues. The text is underpinned by a focus on 7 core principles, which help students to make the link between economic theory and practice.
Previous ed.: 2009.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Introduction
- 1 Thinking Like An Economist
- 2 Markets, Specialisation and Economic Efficiency
- 3 Markets, Supply, Demand and Elasticity
- Part 2 Competition and the 'Invisible Hand'
- 4 Demand: The Benefit Side of the Market
- 5 Perfectly Competitive Supply: the Cost Side of the Market
- 6 Efficiency and Exchange
- 7 Profits, Entry and Exit: The Basis for the 'Invisible Hand'
- Part 3 Market Imperfections 1: Market Power
- 8 Imperfect Competition and the Consequences of Market Power
- 9 Thinking Strategically 1: Interdependence, Decision Making and the Theory of Games
- 10 Thinking Strategically 2: Competition Among the Few
- Part 4 Market Imperfections 2: Externalities, Information, Distribution and the Role of the Government in a Market Economy
- 11 Externalities and Property Rights
- 12 The Economics of Information
- 13 Labour Markets, Income Distribution, Wealth and Poverty
- 14 Government in the Market Economy: Public Sector Production and Regulation
- 15 The Credit Crunch and the Great Contraction: An Application of Some Micro-economics to Help Explain a Macro-economic Crisis
- Part 5 Macroeconomics: Issues and Data
- 16 Macroeconomics: the Bird's Eye View of the Economy
- 17 Measuring Economic Activity: Gross Domestic Product
- 18 Measuring the Price Level and Inflation
- 19 The Labour Market: Wages and Unemployment
- Part 6 The Economy in the Long Run
- 20 Economic Growth, Productivity and Living Standards
- 21 Capital Markets: Saving, Investment and Financial Intermediaries
- Part 7 The Economy in the Short Run
- 22 Short-Term Economic Fluctuations
- 23 Money and Interest Rates
- 24 The IS-LM Model
- 25 Stabilising the Economy 1: the Role of Fiscal Policy
- 26 Stabilising the Economy 2: the Role of Monetary Policy
- 27 Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and Inflation
- 28 The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: Expectations and Inflation Policy
- Part 8 The International Economy
- 29 Exchange Rates, Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments