Principles of economics / Roy J. Ruffin, Paul R. Gregory.
By: Ruffin, Roy.
Contributor(s): Gregory, Paul R.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins College Publishers, 1993Edition: 5th ed.Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 067346590X .Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 330 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00019525 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Featuring current, comprehensive discussions of rational expectations, real business cycles and information economics (moral hazard and adverse selection), this book on economics incorporates real-world applications where possible, strengthening the link between theory and reality. Straightforward explanations and examples, a treatment of macroeconomics and microeconomics, as well as pedagogy have made this book an important text in the field of economics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic economic issues -- Macroeconomic theory -- The world economy -- Product markets -- Factor markets -- Microeconomic issues.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- I Introduction
- 1 Economics and the World Around Us: Defining Moments
- 2 Unlimited Wants, Scarce Resources
- 3 The Price System and the Economic Problem
- 4 Demand and Supply
- 5 Unintended Consequences
- II Product Markets
- 6 Elasticity of Demand and Supply
- 7 Demand and Utility
- 8 Economic Organization: Property Rights and the Firm
- 9 Productivity and Costs
- 10 Perfect Competition
- 11 Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition
- 12 Competition, Efficiency, and Innovation
- 13 The Game of Oligopoly
- 14 Regulation and Antitrust
- 15 The Economics of Information
- III Factor Markets
- 16 Factor Markets
- 17 Labor: The Human Factor
- 18 Interest, Rent, and Profit
- 19 Inequality, Income Distribution, and Poverty
- IV Microeconomic Issues
- 20 Market Failure, the Environment, and Natural Resources
- 21 Government Spending, Taxation, and the Economy
- 22 Public Choice
- V Growth and Fluctuation
- 23 Macroeconomics: Growth and Cycles
- 24 Measuring Output and Growth
- 25 Saving and Investment
- 26 Economic Growth
- 27 Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
- VI Money and Debt
- 28 Money, Interest, and Prices
- 29 The Banking System
- 30 Monetary Policy
- 31 Fiscal Policy, Debt, and Deficits
- VII Stabilization
- 32 Inflation
- 33 Unemployment, Stagflation, and the New Economy
- 34 Business Cycles
- VIII The World Economy
- 35 International Trade
- 36 Protection and Free Trade
- 37 The International Monetary System
- 38 The Economics of Transition
- 39 Economic Development: The "Haves" and the Have-Nots