Economics /
N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor.
- Fifth edition.
- xiii, 814 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Part 1: Introduction to economics -- Part 2: The theory of competitive markets -- Part 3: Interventions in markets -- Part 4: Firm behaviour and market structures -- Part 5: Factor markets -- Part 6: Inequality -- Part 7: Trade -- Part 8: Heterodox economics -- Part 9: The data of macroeconomics -- Part 10: The real economy in the long run -- Part 11: Long-run macroeconomics -- Part 12: Short-run economic fluctuations -- Part 13: International macroeconomics.
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