Principles of economics : an Irish text /
Gerard Turley with Maureen Maloney and Francis O'Toole ; with contributions from Matthew Coffey and Eithne Murphy.
- Fourth edition.
- xii, 642 pages : illustrations, charts, tables 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-612) and index.
Introduction to economics -- Part 1 - Microeconomics -- Introduction to microeconomics -- Demand, supply and market equilibrium -- Elasticities of demand and supply -- The consumer and demand -- The firm and supply -- Market structures -- Factor markets -- Markets and states -- Microeconomic policy issues in Ireland -- Part II - Macroeconomics -- Introduction to macroeconomics -- Measuring the macroeconomy -- The keynesian revolution -- The determination of national income -- Money, interest rates, the Central Bank and monetary policy -- A basic framework for macroeconomic analysis - the IS/LM model -- Open economy macroeconomics -- Explaining the macroeconomy - AD/AS model -- Macroeconomic issues -- Economic growth and the Irish economy -- Development and transition.