David C.Colander,ECONOMICS.International Ed.2001,McGraw-Hill[economia

David C. Colander,
ECONOMICS.
International edition.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York 2001, Fourth edition,
brossura, 21x25 cm., pp.787,
con illustrazioni e grafici a colori,
testo in inglese,
peso: kg.1,57
cod.3349
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INDICE
INTRODUCTION: THINKING
LIKE AN ECONOMIST
1 Economics and Economic Reasoning 4
Appendix A: Graphish: The Language of Graphs 20
2 The Economic Organization of Society 27
Appendix A: The History of Economic Systems 49
3 The U.S. Economy in a Global Setting 55
Appendix A: Valuing Stocks and Bonds 77
4 Supply and Demand 82
5 Using Supply and Demand 103
Appendix A: Algebraic Representation of Supply,
Demand, and Equilibrium 124
§
MICROECONOMICS
I MICROECONOMICS: THE BASICS
6 Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities 132
7 Taxation and Government Intervention 156
II FOUNDATIONS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
8 The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation
of Supply and Demand 176
Appendix A: Indifference Curve Analysis 194
9 Production and Cost Analysis I 200
10 Production and Cost Analysis II 217
Appendix A: Isocost/Isoquant Analysis 233
III MARKET STRUCTURE AND POLICY
11 Perfect Competition 238
12 Monopoly 261
Appendix A: The Algebra of Competitive and
Monopolistic Firms 280
13 Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and
Strategic Pricing 282
14 Globalization, Technology, and Real-World
Competition 305
IV APPLYING ECONOMIC REASONING TO POLICY
15 Government Policy and Market
Failures 326
16 Antitrust Policy and Regulation 346
17 Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning,
and Beyond 371
V POLICY ISSUES IN DEPTH
18 Politics and Economics: The Case of
Agricultural Markets 390
19 International Trade Policy 405
Appendix A: The Geometry of Absolute Advantage
and Comparative Advantage 422
VI FACTOR MARKETS
20 Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income 428
21 Work and the Labor Market 451
Appendix A: Derived Demand 474
Appendix B: Nonwage Income and Property
Rights 479
III
MACROECONOMICS
I MACROECONOMIC PROBLEMS
22 Economic Growth, Business Cycles,
Unemployment, and Inflation 484
23 National Income Accounting 512
II THE MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
24 Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth
of Nations 533
25 Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply,
and Modern Macroeconomics 566
26 The Multiplier Model 580
Appendix A: An Algebraic Presentation of the
Expanded Multiplier Model 600
Appendix B: The Multiplier Model and the AS/AD
Model 601
III POLICY ISSUES
27 Demand Management Policy 604
28 Politics, Surpluses, Deficits, and Debt 626
29 Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector 647
Appendix A: A Closer Look at Financial Institutions
and Financial Markets 667
Appendix B: Creation of Money
Using T'Accounts 677
30 Monetary Policy and the Debate about
Macro Policy 680
Appendix A: The Effect of Monetary Policy
Using T'Accounts 700
31 Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment
and Growth 702
IV INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES
32 Open Economy Macro: Exchange Rate and
Trade Policy 724
Appendix A: History of Exchange Rate Systems 747
33 International Dimensions of Monetary and Fiscal
Policies 750
V COMBINING THE FRAMEWORK WITH POLICY
34 Tools, Rules, and Policy 766