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The Economy Today, 11/e

Bradley R. Schiller, American University

ISBN: 0073511269
Copyright year: 2008

Table of Contents



Part 1 BASIC CONCEPTS

Chapter 1 Economics: The Core Issues
Appendix: Using Graphs
Chapter 2 The U.S. Economy: A Global View
Chapter 3 Supply and Demand
Chapter 4 The Public Sector

Part 2 MEASURING MACRO OUTCOMES

Chapter 5 National-Income Accounting
Chapter 6 Unemployment
Chapter 7 Inflation

Part 3 CYCLICAL INSTABILITY

Chapter 8 The Business Cycle
Chapter 9 Aggregate Demand
Appendix: The Keynesian Cross
Chapter 10 Self-Adjustment or Instability?

Part 4 FISCAL POLICY LEVERS

Chapter 11 Fiscal Policy
Chapter 12 Deficits, Surpluses, and Debts

Part 5 MONETARY POLICY OPTIONS

Chapter 13 Money and Banks
Chapter 14 The Federal Reserve System
Chapter 15 Monetary Policy

Part 6 SUPPLY-SIDE OPTIONS

Chapter 16 Supply-Side Policy: Short-Run Options
Chapter 17 Growth and Productivity: Long-Run Possibilities

Part 7 POLICY CONSTRAINTS

Chapter 18 Global Macro
Chapter 19 Theory and Reality

Part 8 PRODUCT MARKETS: THE BASICS

Chapter 20 The Demand for Goods
Appendix: Indifference Curves
Chapter 21: The Costs of Production

Part 9 MARKET STRUCTURE

Chapter 22 The Competitive Firm
Chapter 23 Competitive Markets
Chapter 24 Monopoly
Chapter 25 Oligopoly
Chapter 26 Monopolistic Competition

Part 10 REGULATORY ISSUES

Chapter 27 (De)Regulation of Business
Chapter 28 Environmental Protection
Chapter 29 The Farm Problem

Part 11 FACTOR MARKETS: BASIC THEORY

Chapter 30 The Labor Market
Chapter 31 Labor Unions
Chapter 32 Financial Markets

Part 12 DISTRIBUTIONAL ISSUES

Chapter 33 Taxes: Equity vs. Efficiency
Chapter 34 Transfer Payments: Welfare and Social Security

Part 13 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Chapter 35 International Trade
Chapter 36 International Finance
Chapter 37 Global Poverty
Glossary
Index

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