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Economics / John Sloman ; with the collaboration of Mark Sutcliffe.

By: Sloman, John, 1947- [author].
Contributor(s): Sutcliffe, Mark, M.Sc [collaborator].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Prentice Hall, 1997Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 830 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0135680565 (paperback).Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330
Contents:
Introducing economics -- Supply and demand -- Government intervention in the market -- Background to demand -- Background to supply -- Profit maximising under perfect competition and monopoly -- Profit maximising under imperfect competition -- Alternative theories of the firm -- The theory of distribution of income -- Inequality, poverty and policies to redistribute incomes -- Markets, efficiency and the public interest -- Applied microeconomics -- Macroeconomic issues I: economic growth, unemployment and inflation -- Macroeconomic issues II: the open economy -- Macroeconomic ideas -- The simple Keynesian analysis of national income, employment and inflation -- Fiscal policy -- Money and interest rates -- Monetary policy -- Macroeconomic controversies I: the control of aggregate demand -- Macroeconomics controversies II: aggregate supply, unemployment and inflation -- Supply-side policies -- International trade -- The balance of payments, exchange rates and international economic relationships -- Economic problems of developing countries.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item 330 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00157684
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This textbook is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of economics students, from those new to the subject to those who have been grounded in the basics. There are starred sections for more advanced students, summaries at the end of each section, definitions in the margin questions throughout the text to prompt student learning, case studies, person profiles, institutional material, advanced topics and coverage of contemporary and historical controversies. including marginal utility theory and indifference curve analysis, alternative theories of the firm, game theory and contestable markets, distribution of income and poverty and inequality. market initiative, the costs and benefits of alternative exchange rate regimes, international macroeconomic policy harmonization, European Monetary Union, and a chapter on the problems of economic development.

Previous ed.: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing economics -- Supply and demand -- Government intervention in the market -- Background to demand -- Background to supply -- Profit maximising under perfect competition and monopoly -- Profit maximising under imperfect competition -- Alternative theories of the firm -- The theory of distribution of income -- Inequality, poverty and policies to redistribute incomes -- Markets, efficiency and the public interest -- Applied microeconomics -- Macroeconomic issues I: economic growth, unemployment and inflation -- Macroeconomic issues II: the open economy -- Macroeconomic ideas -- The simple Keynesian analysis of national income, employment and inflation -- Fiscal policy -- Money and interest rates -- Monetary policy -- Macroeconomic controversies I: the control of aggregate demand -- Macroeconomics controversies II: aggregate supply, unemployment and inflation -- Supply-side policies -- International trade -- The balance of payments, exchange rates and international economic relationships -- Economic problems of developing countries.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introducing economics
  • Chapter 2 Supply and demand
  • Chapter 3 Government intervention in the market
  • Chapter 4 Background to demand
  • Chapter 5 Background to supply
  • Chapter 6 Profit maximising under perfect competition and monopoly
  • Chapter 7 Profit maximising under imperfect competition
  • Chapter 8 Alternative theories of the firm
  • Chapter 9 The theory of distribution of income
  • Chapter 10 Inequality, poverty and policies to redistribute incomes
  • Chapter 11 Markets, efficiency and the public interest
  • Chapter 12 Applied microeconomics
  • Chapter 13 The national economy
  • Chapter 14 Unemployment and inflation
  • Chapter 15 The open economy
  • Chapter 16 The roots of modern macroeconomics
  • Chapter 17 Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium
  • Chapter 18 Money and interest rates
  • Chapter 19 The relationship between the money and goods markets
  • Chapter 20 Fiscal and monetary policy
  • Chapter 21 Aggregate supply, unemployment and inflation
  • Chapter 22 Long-term economic growth and supply-side policies
  • Chapter 23 International trade
  • Chapter 24 The balance of payments and exchange rates
  • Chapter 25 Global and regional interdependence
  • Chapter 26 Economic problems of developing countries

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