Economics Today
18th Edition
Published on 2. February 2015
Book
Hardback
840 pages
978-0-13-388228-5 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in General Economics.
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Individuals learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. The Eighteenth Edition of Economics Today addresses leading-edge issues while facilitating learning. The text shows you how economics is front and center in your daily routine while providing you with many ways to evaluate your understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter. New and revised tools and features engage and help you focus on the central ideas in economics today.
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Economics Today - Bringing the real world to your students
Individuals learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. The Eighteenth Edition of Economics Today addresses leading-edge issues while facilitating learning. The text shows you how economics is front and center in your daily routine while providing you with many ways to evaluate your understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter. New and revised tools and features engage and help you focus on the central ideas in economics today.
Also available with MyEconLab (R)
This title is also available with MyEconLab - an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. www.myeconlab.com
Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyEconLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyEconLab, search for ISBN-10: 0134004612 / ISBN-13: 9780134004617 Economics Today Plus MyEconLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 18/e. That package includes ISBN-10: 0133882284 / ISBN-13: 9780133882285 Economics Today, 18/e and ISBN-10: 0133919919 / ISBN-13: 9780133919912 MyEconLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Economics Today, 18/e.
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Edition
18th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1701 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-388228-5 (9780133882285)
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Book
02/2013
17th Edition
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€219.11
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Person
Roger LeRoy Miller is currently affiliated with the University of Texas - Arlington. 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 1: 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
Part 2: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
7. The Macroeconomy: Unemployment, Inflation, and Deflation
8. Measuring the Economy's Performance
9. Global Economic Growth and Development
Part 3: Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Policy
10. Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run
11. Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses
12. Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier
13. Fiscal Policy
14. Deficit Spending and the Public Debt
Part 4: Money, Stabilization, and Growth
15. Money, Banking, and Central Banking
16. Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
17. Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy
18. Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth
Part 5: Dimensions of Microeconomics
19. Demand and Supply Elasticity
20. Consumer Choice
21. Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
Part 6: Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation
22. The Firm: Cost and Output Determination
23. Perfect Competition
24. Monopoly
25. Monopolistic Competition
26. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
27. Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
Part 7: Labor Resources and the Environment
28. The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing
29. Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power
30. Income, Poverty, and Health Care
31. Environmental Economics
Part 8: Global Economics
32. Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
33. Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments
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
Part 2: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
7. The Macroeconomy: Unemployment, Inflation, and Deflation
8. Measuring the Economy's Performance
9. Global Economic Growth and Development
Part 3: Real GDP Determination and Fiscal Policy
10. Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run
11. Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses
12. Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier
13. Fiscal Policy
14. Deficit Spending and the Public Debt
Part 4: Money, Stabilization, and Growth
15. Money, Banking, and Central Banking
16. Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
17. Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy
18. Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth
Part 5: Dimensions of Microeconomics
19. Demand and Supply Elasticity
20. Consumer Choice
21. Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
Part 6: Market Structure, Resource Allocation, and Regulation
22. The Firm: Cost and Output Determination
23. Perfect Competition
24. Monopoly
25. Monopolistic Competition
26. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior
27. Regulation and Antitrust Policy in a Globalized Economy
Part 7: Labor Resources and the Environment
28. The Labor Market: Demand, Supply, and Outsourcing
29. Unions and Labor Market Monopoly Power
30. Income, Poverty, and Health Care
31. Environmental Economics
Part 8: Global Economics
32. Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
33. Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments