Essentials of economics : principles and policy /
William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder.
- Tenth edition.
- xx, 390 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting Acquainted With Economics -- What Is Economics? -- The Economy: Myth and Reality -- The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice -- Supply and Demand: An Initial Look -- The Building Blocks of Demand and Supply -- Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand -- Demand and Elasticity -- Production, Inputs and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis -- Output, Price, and Profit: The Importance of Marginal Analysis -- Markets and the Price System -- Monopoly -- Between Competition and Monopoly -- Pricing the Factors of Production -- Labor: The Human Input -- The Macroeconomy: Aggregate Supply and Demand -- The Realm of Macroeconomics -- Economic Growth: Theory and Policy -- Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer -- Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation? -- Supply-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment and Inflation?. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. 10. 11. 12. Part IV. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.