
Economics Today
The Micro View
Roger LeRoy Miller(Author)
Pearson (Publisher)
17th Edition
Published on 25. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
552 pages
978-0-13-294888-3 (ISBN)
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Description
Written for students taking the principles of economics course. By presenting ideas clearly, at an accessible level, and in the context of newsworthy applications, Economics Today: The Macro View is also a valuable resource for professionals seeking a current, real-world introduction to economics.? ? ?
Economics Today-Bringing the Real World to Your Students
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Students learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. This new edition of Economics Today: The Micro View covers leading-edge issues while lowering barriers to student learning. The text relentlessly pursues the fundamental objective of showing students how economics is front and center in their own lives while providing them with many ways to evaluate their understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter.
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Each chapter begins and ends with an Issues and Applications feature, which introduces a timely issue in the chapter opener and analyzes the issue using the economic tools learned in that chapter at the end. This text is also available with MyEconLab (R), which includes assessment questions that tie to these Issues and Applications, as well as ABC News video clips. With MyEconLab, students can continue working problems online and receive personalized tutorial resources. Visit MyEconLab for more information.
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Note: If you are purchasing the standalone text (ISBN: 0132948885) or electronic version, MyEconLab does not come automatically packaged with the text. To purchase MyEconLab, please visit: www.myeconlab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text + MyEconLab by searching the Pearson Higher Education web site. MyEconLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.
Economics Today-Bringing the Real World to Your Students
?
Students learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. This new edition of Economics Today: The Micro View covers leading-edge issues while lowering barriers to student learning. The text relentlessly pursues the fundamental objective of showing students how economics is front and center in their own lives while providing them with many ways to evaluate their understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter.
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Each chapter begins and ends with an Issues and Applications feature, which introduces a timely issue in the chapter opener and analyzes the issue using the economic tools learned in that chapter at the end. This text is also available with MyEconLab (R), which includes assessment questions that tie to these Issues and Applications, as well as ABC News video clips. With MyEconLab, students can continue working problems online and receive personalized tutorial resources. Visit MyEconLab for more information.
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Note: If you are purchasing the standalone text (ISBN: 0132948885) or electronic version, MyEconLab does not come automatically packaged with the text. To purchase MyEconLab, please visit: www.myeconlab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text + MyEconLab by searching the Pearson Higher Education web site. MyEconLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.
More details
Edition
17th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1020 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-294888-3 (9780132948883)
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Person
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
I. INTRODUCTION
1. The Nature of Economics
2. Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs
3. Demand and Supply
4. Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
5. Public Spending and Public Choice
6. Funding the Public Sector
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II. DIMENSIONS OF MICROECONOMICS
7. Demand and Supply Elasticity
8. Consumer Choice
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VI. MARKET STRUCTURE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND REGULATION
9. The Firm. Cost and Output Determination
10. Perfect Competition
11. Monopoly
12. Monopolistic Competition
13. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
14. Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
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VII. LABOR RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
15. The Labor Market. Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing
16. Income, Poverty and Health Care
17. Environmental Economics
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VIII. GLOBAL ECONOMICS
18. Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
1. The Nature of Economics
2. Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs
3. Demand and Supply
4. Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
5. Public Spending and Public Choice
6. Funding the Public Sector
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II. DIMENSIONS OF MICROECONOMICS
7. Demand and Supply Elasticity
8. Consumer Choice
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VI. MARKET STRUCTURE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND REGULATION
9. The Firm. Cost and Output Determination
10. Perfect Competition
11. Monopoly
12. Monopolistic Competition
13. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
14. Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
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VII. LABOR RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
15. The Labor Market. Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing
16. Income, Poverty and Health Care
17. Environmental Economics
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VIII. GLOBAL ECONOMICS
18. Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy