
Essentials of Economics
Pearson (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 20. February 2018
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Paperback/Softback
768 pages
978-0-13-479773-1 (ISBN)
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For two-semester courses in the principles of economics.
The relevance of economics shown through real-world business examples
The authors of Essentials of Economics help foster interest in the discipline concepts, and make the key principles of this topic relevant to readers' lives by demonstrating how real businesses use economics to make decisions every day. With ever-changing US and world economies, the 6th Edition has been updated with the latest developments using new real-world business and policy examples. Regardless of their future career path -- opening an art studio, trading on Wall Street, or bartending at the local pub, readers will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work.
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The authors of Essentials of Economics help foster interest in the discipline concepts, and make the key principles of this topic relevant to readers' lives by demonstrating how real businesses use economics to make decisions every day. With ever-changing US and world economies, the 6th Edition has been updated with the latest developments using new real-world business and policy examples. Regardless of their future career path -- opening an art studio, trading on Wall Street, or bartending at the local pub, readers will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work.
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Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Economics does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Economics, ask your instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 269 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1733 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-479773-1 (9780134797731)
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Persons
R. Glenn Hubbard, policymaker, professor, and researcher. Hubbard is the dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, and professor of economics in Columbia's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a director of Automatic Data Processing, Black Rock Closed-End Funds, and MetLife. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1983. From 2001 to 2003, he served as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and chairman of the OECD Economic Policy Committee, and from 1991 to 1993, he was deputy assistant secretary of the US Treasury Department. He currently serves as co-chair of the nonpartisan Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. Hubbard's fields of specialization are public economics, financial markets and institutions, corporate finance, macroeconomics, industrial organization, and public policy. He is the author of more than 100 articles in leading journals, including American Economic Review, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics. His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and numerous private foundations.
Tony O'Brien, award-winning professor and researcher. O'Brien is a professor of economics at Lehigh University. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987. He has taught principles of economics for more than 20 years, in both large sections and small honors classes. He received the Lehigh University Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was formerly the director of the Diamond Center for Economic Education and was named a Dana Foundation Faculty Fellow and Lehigh Class of 1961 Professor of Economics. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University. O'Brien's research has dealt with issues such as the evolution of the US automobile industry, the sources of US economic competitiveness, the development of US trade policy, the causes of the Great Depression, and the causes of black-white income differences. His research has been published in leading journals, including American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Industrial Relations, Journal of Economic History, and Explorations in Economic History. His research has been supported by grants from government agencies and private foundations.
Tony O'Brien, award-winning professor and researcher. O'Brien is a professor of economics at Lehigh University. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987. He has taught principles of economics for more than 20 years, in both large sections and small honors classes. He received the Lehigh University Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was formerly the director of the Diamond Center for Economic Education and was named a Dana Foundation Faculty Fellow and Lehigh Class of 1961 Professor of Economics. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University. O'Brien's research has dealt with issues such as the evolution of the US automobile industry, the sources of US economic competitiveness, the development of US trade policy, the causes of the Great Depression, and the causes of black-white income differences. His research has been published in leading journals, including American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Industrial Relations, Journal of Economic History, and Explorations in Economic History. His research has been supported by grants from government agencies and private foundations.
Content
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1.?Economics: Foundations and Models
Appendix: Using Graphs and Formulas
2.?Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System
3.?Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply
PART II: MARKETS IN ACTION: POLICY AND APPLICATIONS
4. Market Efficiency and Market Failure
5.?The Economics of Health Care
PART III: MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS
6. Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance
7. Consumer Choice and Elasticity
8. Technology, Production, and Costs
PART V: MARKET STRUCTURE AND FIRM STRATEGY
9. Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets
10. Monopoly and Antitrust Policy
11. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
PART VI: MACROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS
12.?GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income
13.?Unemployment and Inflation
PART VIII: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
14. Economic Growth, the Financial System, and Business Cycles
15. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis
Appendix: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
PART VIIII: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY
16.?Money, Banks, and the Federal Reserve System
17.?Monetary Policy
18.?Fiscal Policy
19. Comparative Advantage, International Trade, and Exchange Rates
1.?Economics: Foundations and Models
Appendix: Using Graphs and Formulas
2.?Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System
3.?Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply
PART II: MARKETS IN ACTION: POLICY AND APPLICATIONS
4. Market Efficiency and Market Failure
5.?The Economics of Health Care
PART III: MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS
6. Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance
7. Consumer Choice and Elasticity
8. Technology, Production, and Costs
PART V: MARKET STRUCTURE AND FIRM STRATEGY
9. Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets
10. Monopoly and Antitrust Policy
11. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
PART VI: MACROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS
12.?GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income
13.?Unemployment and Inflation
PART VIII: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
14. Economic Growth, the Financial System, and Business Cycles
15. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis
Appendix: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
PART VIIII: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY
16.?Money, Banks, and the Federal Reserve System
17.?Monetary Policy
18.?Fiscal Policy
19. Comparative Advantage, International Trade, and Exchange Rates