Written in an informal colloquial style, this student-friendly principles of economics textbook does not sacrifice intellectual depth in its quest for accessibility. The author's primary concern is to instill "economic sensibility" in the student. Colander emphasizes the intellectual and historical context to which the economic models are applied..
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Economics and Economic Reasoning
Chapter 2: Trade and Tradeoffs +
Chapter 3: The Evolving U.S. Economy in Perspective +
Chapter 4: Supply and Demand
Chapter 5: Applying Supply and Demand
II: Microeconomics
I: Microeconomics: The Basics
Chapter 6: Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities
Chapter 7: Taxation and Government Intervention
II: Foundations of Supply and Demand
Chapter 8: The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation of Supply and Demand
Chapter 9: Production and Cost Analysis I
Chapter 10: Production and Cost Analysis II
III Market Structure and Policy
Chapter 11: Perfect Competition
Chapter 12: Monopoly
Chapter 13: Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Strategic Pricing
Chapter 14: Real-World Competition and Technology +
Chapter 15: Antitrust Policy and Regulation
IV: Factor Markets
Chapter 16: Work and the Labor Market
Chapter 17: Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income
V: Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy
Chapter 18: Government Policy and Market Failures
Chapter 19: Politics and Economics: The Case of Agriculture
Chapter 20: Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond
Chapter 21: International Trade Policy
III: Macroeconomics
I: Macroeconomic Problems
Chapter 22: Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation
Chapter 23: National Income Accounting
II: The Macroeconomic Framework
Chapter 24: Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations
Chapter 25: Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Modern Macroeconomics
Chapter 26: The Multiplier Model
III: Money and Monetary Policy
Chapter 27: Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector
Chapter 28: Monetary Policy and the Debate about Macro Policy
Chapter 29: Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth +
IV: Policy Issues in Depth
Chapter 30: Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective +
Chapter 31: Politics, Surpluses, Deficits, and Debt +
Chapter 32: Macro Policies in Developing Countries *
V: International Policy Issues
Chapter 33: International Finance +
Chapter 34: Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Global Setting * indicates new chapter + indicates heavily revised chapter
