TY - BOOK AU - Baumol,William J. AU - Blinder,Alan S. TI - Essentials of economics: principles and policy SN - 0324322631 AV - HB171.5 .B3223 2006 U1 - 330 22 PY - 2006///] CY - Mason, Ohio PB - Thomson/South-Western KW - Economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Getting Acquainted With Economics --; 1; What Is Economics? --; 2; The Economy: Myth and Reality --; 3; The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice --; 4; Supply and Demand: An Initial Look --; Part II; The Building Blocks of Demand and Supply --; 5; Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand --; 6; Demand and Elasticity --; 7; Production, Inputs and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis --; 8; Output, Price, and Profit: The Importance of Marginal Analysis --; Part III; Markets and the Price System --; 9; Monopoly --; 10; Between Competition and Monopoly --; 11; Pricing the Factors of Production --; 12; Labor: The Human Input --; Part IV; The Macroeconomy: Aggregate Supply and Demand --; 13; The Realm of Macroeconomics --; 14; Economic Growth: Theory and Policy --; 15; Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer --; 16; Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation? --; 17; Supply-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment and Inflation? ER -