TY - BOOK AU - McConnell,Campbell R. AU - Brue,Stanley L. TI - Economics: principles, problems, and policies SN - 9780072340365 U1 - 330 McC PY - 2002/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Economics N1 - Includes index; PART ONE An Introduction to Economics and the Economy To the Student 2 (1) The Nature and Method of Economics 3 (19) The Economizing Problem 22 (18) Individual Markets: Demand and Supply 40 (19) The Market System 59 (14) The U.S. Economy: Private and Public Sectors 73 (20) The United States in the Global Economy 93 (23) PART TWO National Income, Employment, and Fiscal Policy Measuring Domestic Output, National Income, and the Price Level 116 (20) Introduction to Economic Growth and Instability 136 (23) Building the Aggregate Expenditures Model 159 (23) Aggregate Expenditures: The Multiplier, Net Exports, and Government 182 (21) Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 203 (21) Fiscal Policy 224 (20) PART THREE Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy Money and Banking 244 (21) How Banks and Thrifts Create Money 265 (17) Monetary Policy 282 (24) PART FOUR Long-Run Perspectives and Macroeconomic Debates Extending the Analysis of Aggregate Supply 306 (17) Economic Growth and the New Economy 323 (18) Deficits, Surpluses, and the Public Debt 341 (14) Disputes over Macro Theory and Policy 355 (19) PART FIVE Microeconomics of Product Markets Supply and Demand: Elasticities and Government-Set Prices 374 (20) Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization 394 (21) The Costs of Production 415 (22) Pure Competition 437 (26) Pure Monopoly 463 (23) Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly 486 (24) Technology, R&D, and Efficiency 510 (22) PART SIX Microeconomics of Resource Markets The Demand for Resources 532 (18) Wage Determination 550 (22) Rent, Interest, and Profit 572 (16) PART SEVEN Microeconomics of Government Government and Market Failure 588 (23) Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation 611 (21) PART EIGHT Microeconomics Issues and Policies Antitrust Policy and Regulation 632 (17) Agriculture: Economics and Policy 649 (18) Income Inequality and Poverty 667 (20) Labor Market Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, Immigration 687 (23) The Economics of Health Care 710 (20) PART NINE International Economics and the World Economy International Trade 730 (22) Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits 752 (21) The Economics of Developing Countries 773 Web Bonus Chapter Transition Economies: Russia and China Glossary G-1 Index I-1 N2 - A comprehensive overview of economics that covers national income, employment, fiscal policy, money, banking, monetary policy, macroeconomic debates, microeconomics, international economics, the world economy, supply and demand, and other related topics ER -