Economics Today, Update Edition
United States Edition
15th Edition
Published on 16. February 2010
Book
Hardback
984 pages
978-0-13-213946-5 (ISBN)
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Students learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives.
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Roger LeRoy Miller is currently affiliated with the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. Prior to this affiliation, he has held faculty appointments at the University of Washington at Seattle, the University of Hawaii, Clemson University, and the University of Miami, where he co-founded the Law and Economics Center.
Miller has authored and co-authored a myriad of articles and textbooks. He is the sole author of the best-selling Economics Today text and a co-author of the highly successful Economics of Public Issues. In addition to his work in academia, Miller has been invited to give talks and lectures across America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and France. He has also served as a consultant to several law firms and numerous state and federal agencies.
Miller has authored and co-authored a myriad of articles and textbooks. He is the sole author of the best-selling Economics Today text and a co-author of the highly successful Economics of Public Issues. In addition to his work in academia, Miller has been invited to give talks and lectures across America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and France. He has also served as a consultant to several law firms and numerous state and federal agencies.
Content
Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Nature of Economics
Chapter 2: Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs
Chapter 3: Demand and Supply
Chapter 4: Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
Chapter 5: Public Spending and Public Choice
Chapter 6: Funding the Public Sector
Part Two: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Chapter 7: The Macroeconomy: Unemployment and Inflation
Chapter 8: Measuring the Economy's Performance
Chapter 9: Global Economic Growth and Development
Part Three: Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 10: Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run
Chapter 11: Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses
Chapter 12: Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier
Chapter 13: Fiscal Policy
Chapter 14: Deficit Spending and the Public Debt
Part Four: Money, Stabilization and Growth
Chapter 15: Money, Banking and Central Banking
Chapter 16: Money Creation, the Demand for Money, and Monetary Policy
Chapter 17: Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
Chapter 18: Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy
Chapter 19: Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth
Part Five: Dimensions of Microeconomics
Chapter 20: Demand and Supply Elasticity
Chapter 21: Consumer Choice
Chapter 22: Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
Part Six: Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation
Chapter 23: The Firm: Cost and Output Determination
Chapter 24: Perfect Competition
Chapter 25: Monopoly
Chapter 26: Monopolistic Competition
Chapter 27: Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
Chapter 28: Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
Part Seven: Labor Resources and the Environment
Chapter 29: The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing
Chapter 30: Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power
Chapter 31: Income, Poverty and Health Care
Chapter 32: Environmental Economics
Part Eight: Global Economics
Chapter 33: Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
Chapter 34: Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments
Chapter 1: The Nature of Economics
Chapter 2: Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs
Chapter 3: Demand and Supply
Chapter 4: Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
Chapter 5: Public Spending and Public Choice
Chapter 6: Funding the Public Sector
Part Two: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Chapter 7: The Macroeconomy: Unemployment and Inflation
Chapter 8: Measuring the Economy's Performance
Chapter 9: Global Economic Growth and Development
Part Three: Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 10: Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run
Chapter 11: Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses
Chapter 12: Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier
Chapter 13: Fiscal Policy
Chapter 14: Deficit Spending and the Public Debt
Part Four: Money, Stabilization and Growth
Chapter 15: Money, Banking and Central Banking
Chapter 16: Money Creation, the Demand for Money, and Monetary Policy
Chapter 17: Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
Chapter 18: Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy
Chapter 19: Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth
Part Five: Dimensions of Microeconomics
Chapter 20: Demand and Supply Elasticity
Chapter 21: Consumer Choice
Chapter 22: Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
Part Six: Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation
Chapter 23: The Firm: Cost and Output Determination
Chapter 24: Perfect Competition
Chapter 25: Monopoly
Chapter 26: Monopolistic Competition
Chapter 27: Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
Chapter 28: Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
Part Seven: Labor Resources and the Environment
Chapter 29: The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing
Chapter 30: Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power
Chapter 31: Income, Poverty and Health Care
Chapter 32: Environmental Economics
Part Eight: Global Economics
Chapter 33: Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
Chapter 34: Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments