Economics Today
The Micro View
18th Edition
Published on 13. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
552 pages
978-0-13-388507-1 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Money and Banking or General Economics.
Economics Today - Bringing the real world to your students
Readers learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. The Eighteenth Edition of Economics Today: The Micro View addresses leading-edge issues while facilitating reader learning. The text shows readers how economics is front and center in their daily routines while providing them with many ways to evaluate their understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter. New and revised tools and features engage readers and help them focus on the central ideas in economics today.
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Economics Today - Bringing the real world to your students
Readers learn best when they see concepts applied to examples from their everyday lives. The Eighteenth Edition of Economics Today: The Micro View addresses leading-edge issues while facilitating reader learning. The text shows readers how economics is front and center in their daily routines while providing them with many ways to evaluate their understanding of key concepts covered in each chapter. New and revised tools and features engage readers and help them focus on the central ideas in economics today.
Also available with MyEconLab (R)
MyEconLab is 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.
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 MyEcon search for ISBN-10: 0134004647 / ISBN-13: 9780134004648 The Micro View Plus MyEconLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 18/e. That package includes ISBN-10: 0133885070 / ISBN-13: 9780133885071 Economics Today: The Micro View, 18/e and ISBN-10: 0133916677 / ISBN-13: 9780133916676 MyEconLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Economics Today: The Micro View, 18/e. MyEconLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor.
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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
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-388507-1 (9780133885071)
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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
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
II. Dimensions of Microeconomics
19. Demand and Supply Elasticity
20. Consumer Choice
21. Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
VI. 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
VII. 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
VIII. 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
II. Dimensions of Microeconomics
19. Demand and Supply Elasticity
20. Consumer Choice
21. Rents, Profits, and the Financial Environment of Business
VI. 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
VII. 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
VIII. GLOBAL ECONOMICS
32. Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy
33. Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments